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Guesthouse

//ˈɡɛsthaʊs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

    "The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls."

  2. 2
    a house separate from the main house; for housing guests wordnet
  3. 3
    A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

    "Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead."

Etymology

From Middle English gest hous, gistenehus, gystehuse, gesthus, partly from Old English gæsthūs, ġesthūs (“guesthouse, hostel; guest-chamber”), from Proto-West Germanic *gastihūs; and partly from Old Norse gesthús (“guesthouse; guest-chamber”); both from Proto-Germanic *gastihūsą, corresponding to guest + house.

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