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houseguest

American  
[haus-gest] / ˈhaʊsˌgɛst /

noun

  1. a person staying with a household as a guest for one night or longer.


Etymology

Origin of houseguest

First recorded in 1920–25; house + guest


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Related: My houseguest left heat marks all over my table.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

To his exacting teen and preteen audience, “the Danish person,” as they disobligingly christen him, looks like the houseguest from hell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Imagine watching a television where an impolite houseguest holds the remote control and arbitrarily changes the channels.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2024

Smoove, who played the forever houseguest Leon Black on “Curb” before the show wrapped this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

After having been Schmid’s houseguest, Bobby moved to an inn in Pulvermühle, close to Bamberg, located in a valley between Nuremberg and Bayreuth.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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