Host

1. One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
2. To give entertainment to.
3. An army; a number of men gathered for war.
4. The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
5. Any great number or multitude; a throng.
6. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.