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isäntä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  • householder noun The owner of a house.
  • lord noun A man who holds a title of nobility, or a ruler with power over others.
  • master noun A person with exceptional skill or deep expertise in something.
  • patron noun A person, often wealthy or influential, who financially supports an artist, cause, or institution.

Senses

isäntä is used for these senses in English:

  • host A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
  • host (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
  • householder The owner of a house.
  • lord (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
  • lord (archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
  • master Someone who has control over something or someone.
  • master The owner of an animal or slave.
  • master Someone who employs others.

host — full definition

  1. noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  2. noun A person who presents a show or broadcast.
  3. noun A computer connected to a network.
  4. noun An organism that another organism, especially a parasite, lives on or in.
  5. noun A large number of people or things.

householder — full definition

  1. noun The owner of a house.
  2. noun The head of a household.
  3. noun A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

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