Synonyms for hostess
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hoh-stis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊ stɪs |
Définition of hostess
Origin :- late 13c., "woman who keeps an inn or public hotel," from host (n.1) + -ess, or from Old French hostesse (Modern French hôtesse). Meaning "woman who presides at a dinner party, etc." recorded by 1822. Also used mid-20c. in sense "female who entertains customers in nightclubs," with overtones of prostitution.
- noun a woman who hosts visitors
- So the hostess had decreed, and so instructed Alfred and Gracie.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- "I want to go," she said at last, in answer to her hostess' pleading.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Thus doubtless our hostess reasoned, and in all probability she was right.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- It was my fortune to be well known to Madame Van Rensselaer, our hostess.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- They went in this much by the face and voice of the host or hostess.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- When their hostess rose Hewson offered his arm to Miss Hernshaw.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Oh, I see; Evelyn, my love, we must present ourselves to our hostess.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Olivo, meanwhile, had been having a lively business talk with the hostess.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- "A letter from Venice arrived for you yesterday, Chevalier," announced the hostess.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- He went to the dinner, but she did not appear: she had a headache, his hostess explained.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
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- ghost of a chance
- ghost story
- ghost town
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- ghostly
- ghostwrite
- give up the ghost
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- hold hostage
- Holy Ghost
- host
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- hostility
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- mutual hostility
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- take hostage
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- taking hostage
- taking hostages
- talk-show host
- talk show host
- talk-show hosts
- unhostile
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- without hostility
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