noun
- plural of hest; commands or biddings; archaic term for requests or orders
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- She followed his hests without question.
- The servants obeyed the master's hests promptly.
- At the king's hests, the nobles gathered in the great hall.
- He ignored her hests and did as he pleased.
- The hests of the elders were respected throughout the village.