Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hostess"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hostess \Host"ess\, n. [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See {Host} a
landlord.]
1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at
her house. --Shak.
2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female
innkeeper. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hostess
n 1: a woman host
2: a woman innkeeper
3: a woman steward on an airplane [syn: {stewardess}, {air
hostess}]
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