- 3. [Archaic.] Trousers, breeches.
Hospitable, a.
- 1. Kind or attentive to strangers, given to bounty or entertaining.
- 2. Generous, liberal, bountiful, open, kind, unconstrained, unreserved, largely receptive, large-minded.
Hospitality, n.
- 1. Hospitableness, kindness to strangers, generosity in entertainment.
- 2. Openness (of mind), liberality, welcome to new or various views.
Host, n.
- 1. Entertainer.
- 2. Landlord, innkeeper.
- 3. Army, legion, armed force.
- 4. Multitude, horde, throng, vast assemblage.
- 5. Consecrated wafer.
Hostile, a.
- 1. Inimical, unfriendly.
- 2. Adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant, at variance, opposed, opposing.
Hostilities, n. pl. Warfare, hostile, unfriendly, or inimical actions, acts of war. See war.
Hostility, n.
- 1. Enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill-will.
- 2. Opposition, repugnance, contrariety, variance.
Hostler, n. Groom, stable-servant, stable-boy.