One who keeps a hostel or inn. / (obsolete) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

(law) Abbreviation of hospital.

(now idiomatic, rare) To calculate one's bill without checking with the host or landlord; hence, to come to false conclusions, to miscalculate.

(cryptography, euphemistic) The extraction of cryptographic secrets by coercion or torture.

plural of host country

A country in which an international event is held. / A country which is the target of immigration. / A country whose leaders accept the visitation of the representatives or agencies of another country.

plural of host family

Alternative spelling of hostage-taker

plural of hostage-taker

plural of hostage taker