guesthouse
Americannoun
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guesthouses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of guesthouse
before 1000; Middle English; Old English giest hūs. See guest, house
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The transformation of a couple’s neglected Sacramento guesthouse focused on food and family time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The property includes transferred approved plans for an 845-square-foot guest casita, but according to Clark, the Hollidays are seeking a home with an existing guesthouse.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
There is also a separate guesthouse and a pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The backyard was big enough for another house, and their two-car garage could be turned into a guesthouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Baraa and his wife, Rawan, have been in the guesthouse by the waterfront since the first night.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
She loved Thalori, a compound of traditional guesthouses set in a village in the Cretan mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The printers, the bookshops, the guesthouses and taverns, they followed.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
The newly purchased abode, which was built in 1919, is a Spanish-style ranch that comes with guesthouses, a barn, and stables.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
Hotels and guesthouses in the Lincolnshire resorts of Skegness and Mablethorpe say they are seeing more day trippers and fewer people staying over.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
He also stayed away from hotels and guesthouses, where he feared he would be asked to show identification.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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