hostess : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hostess	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hostess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostess n a woman host a woman innkeeper a woman steward on an airplane Synonym(s): stewardess, air hostess, 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.