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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a woman host;

2. a woman innkeeper;

3. a woman steward on an airplane;
[syn: stewardess, air hostess, hostess]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hostess
    n 1: a woman host
    2: a woman innkeeper
    3: a woman steward on an airplane [syn: stewardess, air
       hostess, hostess]