One who issues invitations to many people (4)

I believe the answer is:

host

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'one who issues invitations to many people' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for host that I've seen before include "Crowd-entertainer" , "One entertains guests" , "great many!" , "Entertainer of guests" , "One receiving guests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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