hostess
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
- A female host.
- The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.
- A female innkeeper.
- Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
- A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.
- hostress (dated)
- French: hôtesse, maîtresse de maison
- German: Gastgeberin, Wirtin
- Portuguese: anfitriã, anfitrioa
- Russian: хозя́йка
- Spanish: anfitriona
- German: Wirtin
- Russian: хозя́йка
- French: hôtesse de l'air
- German: Stewardess, Flugbegleiterin (officialese)
- Portuguese: aeromoça, comissária de bordo, comissária de voo
- Russian: стюарде́сса
- Spanish: azafata, aeromoza (Latin America)
- German: Hostess
- Russian: хо́стесс
hostess (hostesses, present participle hostessing; past and past participle hostessed)
- To host, as a woman.
- 1975, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi (volume 92, issue 2, page 69)
- Later in January, the alum club hostessed the initiation brunch at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house. It was thrilling to see so many girls with such enthusiasm!
- 1975, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi (volume 92, issue 2, page 69)
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