Hosty
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- hostis: (Latin) stranger, enemy
- Hostie: (German) the Host at Catholic Mass.
- ostiarius: (Latin) porter, doorman
- Hosty's: the name of a Galway pub frequented by Nora Barnacle's father, according to Father Padraic O Laoi (Nora Barnacle Joyce: A Portrait Galway, 1982, 5). Many of FW's occurrences of "Hosty" are in the context of drinking, especially in pubs.