guesthouse

[ gest-hous ]

noun

, plural guest·hous·es [gest, -hou-ziz].

1. a small building, separate from a main house or establishment, for the housing of guests.

guesthouse

/ ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a private home or boarding house offering accommodation, esp to travellers

Word History and Origins

Origin of guesthouse¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English giest hūs. See guest, house

Example Sentences

The architecture of the drama, set in Veronica’s guesthouse, creates a world that is fully inhabited by the seasoned ensemble, many of whose members were in the play’s world premiere earlier this year in London.

From Los Angeles Times

Iran has yet to retaliate for the humiliating assassination in July of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran guesthouse.

From BBC

The team behind Guanye started in 2018, when a group of friends and former roommates began buying up old houses and converting them into guesthouses.

From Los Angeles Times

And the day after that, an explosion widely attributed to Israel killed the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at a guesthouse in Tehran.

From Los Angeles Times

Tensions have been escalating following the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran last Wednesday by a blast at his guesthouse.

From BBC