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houseguest

noun [C]
 
/ˈhaʊs.ɡest/ mainly US

Definition

a person who stays at someone else's house for one or more nightsTravellers and visitors
(Definition of houseguest noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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