guest star

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== guest-star ==== Noun ==== guest star (plural guest stars) (music) A guest on a music or other recording. (television) An actor on a television program who stars in one, or a few, episodes. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== guest star (third-person singular simple present guest stars, present participle guest starring, simple past and past participle guest starred) Of an actor: to star as a guest. (sports) Of a player: to play as a guest of another team. === Etymology 2 === Calque of Literary Chinese 客星 (kèxīng). ==== Noun ==== guest star (plural guest stars) (astronomy, historical) A nova or supernova recorded in Chinese astronomy which appeared where no star was known before. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === strategus