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host (2)
host
[
hōst
]
(
plural
hosts
)
noun
Definition:
1.
large group:
a very large number of people or things
2.
military
(
archaic
)
Same as
army
[
14th century. Via French< Latin
hostis
"stranger, enemy" (in medieval Latin, "army")
]
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