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		jack1243star 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do not put your site behind Cloudflare if you don'... That's just English being irregular. One that hosts websites should be called a hoster in principle :)

jbs789 23 days ago [–]

Host is both a noun and a verb. (The host can host a party.)

Hoster is new to me too.

But I get it as a pattern. (If you dine at the party then you are a diner.)

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