'Hostess' definitions:
Definition of 'hostess'
(from WordNet)
noun
A woman host
noun
A woman innkeeper
noun
A woman steward on an airplane [syn: stewardess, air hostess, hostess]
Definition of 'Hostess'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. --Shak. [1913 Webster]