The phrase "a host of lesser" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a large number of individuals or things that are of lower status, importance, or quality compared to a primary subject.
Example: "The conference featured a host of lesser-known authors who shared their insights on contemporary literature."
Alternatives: "a multitude of lesser" or "a variety of lesser".
These peaks are surrounded by a host of lesser mountains.
The king may no longer appoint prime and other ministers, provincial governors and a host of lesser officials.
In their absence, community groups and activists have repeatedly challenged the legitimacy of the election, on April 22, for mayor, City Council and a host of lesser offices.
Defense ministers and top brass from the United States, China and a host of lesser regional powers were in Singapore for meetings known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Slave religions usually had a supreme being and a host of lesser spirits brought from Africa, borrowed from the Amerindians, and created in response to local conditions.
Such errors are all the more jarring because the book's various chapters are written in what purport to be 19th-century voices: those of Nick, Martha and a host of lesser characters.
Proud owners commissioned detailed likenesses of their vessels from James E. Buttersworth, Thomas Birch, Samuel Walters, Duncan McFarlane and a host of lesser-known or anonymous painters.
Various branches of the family own such prestigious châteaux as Lafite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild and a host of lesser-known properties in the area.
Funny, tragic, and rivetingly told, The Field of Blood offers a front-row view of congressional mayhem and sheds new light on the careers of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and other luminaries, as well as introducing a host of lesser-known but no less fascinating men.
He has not yet secured his party's nomination and faces another former presidential contender who is a strong opponent of the war in Iraq — Mike Gravel, the former senator from Alaska who sought the Democratic nomination this year — as well as a host of lesser-known candidates.
Paradoxically, Klein -- so good at foreshadowing the power of image and marketing in our time -- did not create an indelible fashion mark, in the way that Giorgio Armani and Saint Laurent did, or even a host of lesser-known talents like Norman Norell and Bonnie Cashin did.
