hoster

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noun

A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

“Make sure your hoster provides fast FTP access to your files.”

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hosting companyweb hostwebhost
OriginEnglish host ← Middle English hoste ← Old French oste →
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Meanings

nounhoster (plural hosters)

plural hosters

  1. InternetneologismcomputingA provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

    Make sure your hoster provides fast FTP access to your files.

    1 more example

    Microsoft sues Web hoster over spam

    2004, Reuters news item at CNet News, 25 September 2004

    Synonyms: hosting company, web host, webhost

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

Similar
hosting companyweb hostwebhost

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  4. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  5. Latinhospes
  6. Old Frenchoste
  7. Middle Englishhoste
  8. Englishhost
  9. Englishhoster

From host + -er.

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Translations

French hébergeur
  • hébergeurprovider of online hosting
Indonesian tuan rumah
  • tuan rumahprovider of online hosting

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoster

postercoasterTowcesterbrowster
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Anagrams

othersStoehrRothesrehosttoshersothershoter
Cite this entry
APA

hoster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoster

MLA

“hoster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoster.

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