guest star

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guest star¹

noun guest stars · guest-star

  1. A guest on a music or other recording. The neutering extends to Believe’s guest stars, with warm-and-fuzzy verses from Ludacris (“I love everything about you / You’re imperfectly perfect”), Big Sean (“I don’t know if this makes sense, but you’re my hallelujah”), Nicki Minaj (who at least squeaks a “bitches” into her verse), and especiall
  2. An actor on a television program who stars in one, or a few, episodes.

verb guest stars · guest starring · guest starred · guest-star

  1. Of an actor: to star as a guest.
  2. Of a player: to play as a guest of another team.

guest star²

Where it comes from

Calque of Literary Chinese 客星 (kèxīng).

noun guest stars

  1. historical A nova or supernova recorded in Chinese astronomy which appeared where no star was known before.

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noun guest actor or musician

Françaisguest-star, vedette invitée
DeutschGaststar

noun Translations

中文客星 kèxīng

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@misc{guest_star_2026,
  title = {guest star},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guest%20star},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}