"hoster" meaning in English

See hoster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hosters [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English hoster From host + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|host&lt;id:guest receiver&gt;|-er&lt;id:agent noun&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. 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"-er", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hoster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="hoster"> From host + -er., {{ety|en|:af|host&lt;id:guest receiver&gt;|-er&lt;id:agent noun&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English hoster From host + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoster (plural hosters)
  1. (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting. Tags: Internet, neologism Synonyms: hosting company, web host, webhost Derived forms: web hoster, webhoster Translations (provider of online hosting): hébergeur [masculine] (French), tuan rumah (Indonesian)

Inflected forms

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        },
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        ],
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        ],
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        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "provider of online hosting",
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          "sense": "provider of online hosting",
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        }
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    }
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}
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    },
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      "word": "webhoster"
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    ],
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      "oste",
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    ],
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    ],
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      "-ere#Old_English:_agent_suffix"
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      "-ārius",
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      "-er",
      "-er#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ],
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      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "host",
      "host#English:_guest_receiver"
    ],
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      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
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        "Rhymes:English/əʊstə(ɹ)",
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      "word": "web host"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "provider of online hosting",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "id",
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      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "provider of online hosting",
      "word": "tuan rumah"
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}

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