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Definition of Hostess
1. Noun. A woman host.
2. Noun. A woman innkeeper.
3. Noun. A woman steward on an airplane.
Definition of Hostess
1. n. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.
Definition of Hostess
1. Noun. A female host. ¹
2. Noun. A female innkeeper. ¹
3. Noun. Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane. ¹
4. Noun. a bar hostess or bargirl, a paid, female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hostess
1. to act as a hostess (a woman who entertains socially) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Hostess
1. 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. 2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Origin: OE. Hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hostess
Literary usage of Hostess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"A hostess in a small institution is often encumbered with the financial and
domestic problems ... The actual work accomplished by a hostess must, of course, ..."
2. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Tact of the hostess. Clermont-Tonnerre reads a discourse. ... The hostess forgot
her tranquil mode of dispensing hospitality while listening to the heated ..."
3. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckoning. 13. The fairer the hostess the
heavier the reckoning. Ger. 14. Who can reckon well will not become poor. ..."
4. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"The hostess was an exceedingly fat woman, a native of Valladolid, in Old Castille.
" Have you any other family," I demanded, "besides these daughters ? ..."
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