co-host

UK/kəʊˈhəʊst/

noun

A joint host alongside another (compare co-star).

OriginEnglish host ← Middle English hoste ← Old French oste →
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Meanings

nounco-host (plural co-hosts)

plural co-hosts · alternative cohost

  1. A joint host alongside another (compare co-star).

    One who is quickly causing controversy — although his 249K Instagram follower tally is a far cry from Tate’s 4.6 million before Tate was banned — is Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast which markets itself as the No. 1 men’s podcast in the world.

    2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post
verbco-host (third-person singular simple present co-hosts, present participle co-hosting, simple past and past participle co-hosted)

present singular third person co-hosts · participle present co-hosting · participle past co-hosted · past co-hosted · alternative cohost

  1. To act as a joint host.
  2. computingTo store data on a shared server (as in web hosting).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  11. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  12. Latinhospes
  13. Old Frenchoste
  14. Middle Englishhoste
  15. Englishhost
  16. Englishco-host

From co- + host.

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Cite this entry
APA

co-host. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-host

MLA

“co-host.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-host. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “co-host,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-host.

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