hostessn.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊstəs/,

/həʊˈstɛs/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊstəs/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s ostesse, (Middle English ostes, 1600s oastess). β. Middle English hoostesse, Middle English–1500s hostes, Middle English–1600s hostesse, (1500s hospetes), 1500s–1600s hostis, 1600s– hostess.

Etymology: < Old French ostesse (12th cent. in Littré), modern French hôtesse, < (h)oste host n.²: see -ess suffix¹.

1. A woman that lodges and entertains guests.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > hostess

hostessc1385

banatee1825

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2496 Ostesse [v.rr. hostesse, ostes] thyn quod she O demophon Thyn Philis whiche that is so wo begon.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Tim. iv. f. xxv^v Salute Prisilla and Aquila myne hospte and myne hospetes.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 48 He has also a charge to prouide for, his hostesse and cosin.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xlii. 182 Thanks, and welcome too, he sayd Unto his Oste and Ostesse.

1598 R. Barnfield Encomion Lady Pecunia xxi. sig. B2^v Your Hostis pressently will step in Place.

a1600 T. Deloney Thomas of Reading (1612) xi. sig. Hj^v Beholding his host and hostesse earnestly.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 10 See, see, our honor'd Hostesse .

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 235 At one o'clock we bid adieu to our friendly hostess.

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 28 ‘Come and look at the conservatory’, smiled his hostess.

figurative.1402 T. Hoccleve Let. of Cupid 461 O womman that of wertu art hostesse.

2. spec.

a. A woman who keeps a public place of lodging and entertainment; the mistress of an inn. Also in archaic phrase mine hostess.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier

wifeOE

hostc1290

hostessc1290

hosteler1350

innkeeperc1449

innholder1463

wardin1493

hosterc1503

hostler?a1505

landlady1654

landlord1724

hoteliera1738

aubergiste1766

roadsider1826

khanji1839

motelier1959

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female

hostessc1290

wardin1493

landlady1654

patronne1898

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 325/96 Þare-with heo fedde hire swiþe wel and hire ostesse al-so.

c1305 Edmund Conf. 98 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 73 His ostesce had a dowȝter þer he was at inne.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 134 Alle tho thynges that ben..delyueryd to kepe to the hoste or hostesses they ought to be sauf.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 635 His hostes com rycht till hym thar.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 279 Hostesse clap to the doores, watch to night.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 82 Come Hostis, give us more Ale.

1728 J. Swift Phyllis in J. Swift et al. Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 2) II. 135 John is landlord, Phillis hostess: They keep at Staines the Old Blue Boar.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 30 [He] had a good understanding with the brother of mine hostess.

1962 Listener 19 July 113/3 Mine Hostess, as La Locandiera is called in Clifford Bax's otherwise excellent English translation, is one of the dozen or so greatest comedies.

b. A woman employed to entertain customers at a night-club, etc.; also in derogatory sense: a prostitute.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > employee entertaining customers in nightclub

hostess1931

mixer1948

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > nightclub or dance-hall hostess

hurdy-gurdy girl1865

hostess1931

1931 J. Durante & J. C. Kofoed Night Clubs xxi. 190 Joan Sawyer—and what a girl she was!—the foremost dancer and hostess of the day, ran the shows.

1933 New Statesman 18 Mar. 331/2 If a young man dances with a ‘hostess’ he scurries back at the finish.

1937 C. R. Cooper Here's to Crime ix. 189 Women, reaching the dregs, become the ‘hostesses’ in what are known as ‘jukin' joints’.

1959 Economist 11 Apr. 105/2 This question of hostesses is one of the most hotly debated in the night club business. It is also revealing since, broadly speaking, it is a management's policy towards hostesses that determines the standing of a night club.

1963 Listener 7 Feb. 260/3 American Bunny Clubs, with their Freudian fantasy-tease hostesses.

1968 Sunday Times 30 June 5/5 He..got Miss C. to admit..‘that the word hostess is a polite euphemism for prostitute’.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 131 Many a prostitute, whether she calls herself a..hostess, or a common whore, imagines that she is exploiting the male sex.

1970 Guardian 22 Aug. 8/6 The French authorities have been able to organise a traditional Legion recreation centre, whose Somali hostesses are under regular medical supervision.

1972 P. A. Whitney Snowfire (1973) i. 2 Juniper Lodge in the Poconos was looking for an après-ski hostess to help with guests during the evening hours.

1973 Times 30 May 4/3 We were able to call it Europe's biggest hostess service and had an interesting offer of more than 200 girls.

c. = air hostess n.; also, a woman similarly employed on a train.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > woman who takes care of passengers

hostess1936

train hostess1938

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > crew of aircraft or spacecraft > aircraft cabin crew > members of

air steward1922

air hostess1931

steward1931

stewardess1931

airline stewardess1933

air stewardess1936

hostess1936

airline steward1937

flight attendant1947

hostie1960

1936 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 40 525 On American aeroplanes for many years now we have had, as part of the staff, ‘hostesses’, young women of 20 to 30 years of age, generally trained nurses, whose duties are to make passengers ‘feel at home’ aloft.

1940 Amer. Speech 15 213/2 Hostess..now suggests a professional person paid for her services, as the hostess at a hotel, on an airplane, or on pullman cars.

1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 252 She'll be a hostess on a transglobal airline.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 598/4 Illuminating testimonies by hostesses of various air lines.

1970 Times 17 Nov. 19/7 Five years ago..she was one of the first Gatwick hostesses. They're British Rail's answer to an air hostess.

†3. A female guest: cf. host n.² 4. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun]

guestOE

host1390

strangerc1400

hostessa1425

gestenerc1480

stranger-guest1725

treatee1841

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. iii. 22 A womman schal axe of hir neiȝboresse and of her hoosteesse [1382 gest] siluerne vesselis.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

hostess apron n.

ΚΠ

1968 Wanganui (N.Z.) Chron. 15 Nov. 8/3 Hostess apron: Mrs. S. 1, Mrs. A. J. M. 2.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 352 Kate Collins, wearing her mother's pink hostess apron, was passing coffee.

hostess dress n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > other

slip1690

jam1793

robe1799

hostess dress1951

1951 Country Life 16 Nov. The picture or hostess dress has been re-instated for informal evenings.

1963 Times 27 Feb. 12/5 Sleeveless hostess dresses.

1968 Guardian 30 Apr. 7/1 Full-length hostess dresses, long-sleeved or sleeveless.

hostess gown n.

ΚΠ

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) x. 143 She looked ravishing in a silver lamé hostess-gown.

1945 E. Bowen Demon Lover 178 Her cretonne house-coat, the nearest thing to a hostess gown that she had.

1963 M. McCarthy Group v. 92 Instead of a dress, Kay was wearing a cherry-red velvet sleeveless hostess gown.

hostess pyjamas n.

ΚΠ

1945 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Payoff for Banker (1948) vi. 58 Dorian did not have hostess pyjamas of quite this cut—quite this daring—and would hardly have worn them if she had.

1970 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 Mar. C. 2/3 It's time to turn to wearing the long ‘hostess pyjamas’ for seasonal glamour in entertaining.

hostess robe n.

ΚΠ

1964 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. Sect. xi. 9 (advt.) Button-front hostess robe of soft fleece.

1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 Aug. (1970) 406 I put on my white hostess robe that Lyndon had bought me in Paris ten years ago and went in to see Luci. She was eating breakfast.

hostess skirt n.

ΚΠ

1966 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 9/4 The kilt that grew—and grew—and grew—becomes the Christmas hostess skirt that's on view at all the cosiest fireside parties.

hostess trolley n.

ΚΠ

1963 Guardian 25 Nov. 6/3 The latest model of the L. G. Hawkins hostess trolley..in which you can carry four dishes and a joint from the kitchen.

C2.

hostess-like adj.

ΚΠ

a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) III. ii. 199 She spoke with so grave and hostess-like a tone.

Derivatives

ˈhostessship n. the office of hostess.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > hostess > position of

hostessshipa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 72 It is my Fathers will, I should take on mee The Hostesseship o' th' day: you're welcome sir.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hostess
释义	hostessn. Brit. /ˈhəʊstəs/, /həʊˈstɛs/, U.S. /ˈhoʊstəs/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s ostesse, (Middle English ostes, 1600s oastess). β. Middle English hoostesse, Middle English–1500s hostes, Middle English–1600s hostesse, (1500s hospetes), 1500s–1600s hostis, 1600s– hostess. Etymology: < Old French ostesse (12th cent. in Littré), modern French hôtesse, < (h)oste host n.²: see -ess suffix¹. 1. A woman that lodges and entertains guests. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > hostess hostessc1385 banatee1825 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2496 Ostesse [v.rr. hostesse, ostes] thyn quod she O demophon Thyn Philis whiche that is so wo begon. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Tim. iv. f. xxv^v Salute Prisilla and Aquila myne hospte and myne hospetes. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 48 He has also a charge to prouide for, his hostesse and cosin. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xlii. 182 Thanks, and welcome too, he sayd Unto his Oste and Ostesse. 1598 R. Barnfield Encomion Lady Pecunia xxi. sig. B2^v Your Hostis pressently will step in Place. a1600 T. Deloney Thomas of Reading (1612) xi. sig. Hj^v Beholding his host and hostesse earnestly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 10 See, see, our honor'd Hostesse . View more context for this quotation 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 235 At one o'clock we bid adieu to our friendly hostess. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 28 ‘Come and look at the conservatory’, smiled his hostess. figurative.1402 T. Hoccleve Let. of Cupid 461 O womman that of wertu art hostesse. 2. spec. a. A woman who keeps a public place of lodging and entertainment; the mistress of an inn. Also in archaic phrase mine hostess. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier wifeOE hostc1290 hostessc1290 hosteler1350 innkeeperc1449 innholder1463 wardin1493 hosterc1503 hostler?a1505 landlady1654 landlord1724 hoteliera1738 aubergiste1766 roadsider1826 khanji1839 motelier1959 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female hostessc1290 wardin1493 landlady1654 patronne1898 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 325/96 Þare-with heo fedde hire swiþe wel and hire ostesse al-so. c1305 Edmund Conf. 98 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 73 His ostesce had a dowȝter þer he was at inne. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 134 Alle tho thynges that ben..delyueryd to kepe to the hoste or hostesses they ought to be sauf. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 635 His hostes com rycht till hym thar. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 279 Hostesse clap to the doores, watch to night. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 82 Come Hostis, give us more Ale. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Swift Phyllis in J. Swift et al. Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 2) II. 135 John is landlord, Phillis hostess: They keep at Staines the Old Blue Boar. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 30 [He] had a good understanding with the brother of mine hostess. 1962 Listener 19 July 113/3 Mine Hostess, as La Locandiera is called in Clifford Bax's otherwise excellent English translation, is one of the dozen or so greatest comedies. b. A woman employed to entertain customers at a night-club, etc.; also in derogatory sense: a prostitute. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > employee entertaining customers in nightclub hostess1931 mixer1948 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > nightclub or dance-hall hostess hurdy-gurdy girl1865 hostess1931 1931 J. Durante & J. C. Kofoed Night Clubs xxi. 190 Joan Sawyer—and what a girl she was!—the foremost dancer and hostess of the day, ran the shows. 1933 New Statesman 18 Mar. 331/2 If a young man dances with a ‘hostess’ he scurries back at the finish. 1937 C. R. Cooper Here's to Crime ix. 189 Women, reaching the dregs, become the ‘hostesses’ in what are known as ‘jukin' joints’. 1959 Economist 11 Apr. 105/2 This question of hostesses is one of the most hotly debated in the night club business. It is also revealing since, broadly speaking, it is a management's policy towards hostesses that determines the standing of a night club. 1963 Listener 7 Feb. 260/3 American Bunny Clubs, with their Freudian fantasy-tease hostesses. 1968 Sunday Times 30 June 5/5 He..got Miss C. to admit..‘that the word hostess is a polite euphemism for prostitute’. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 131 Many a prostitute, whether she calls herself a..hostess, or a common whore, imagines that she is exploiting the male sex. 1970 Guardian 22 Aug. 8/6 The French authorities have been able to organise a traditional Legion recreation centre, whose Somali hostesses are under regular medical supervision. 1972 P. A. Whitney Snowfire (1973) i. 2 Juniper Lodge in the Poconos was looking for an après-ski hostess to help with guests during the evening hours. 1973 Times 30 May 4/3 We were able to call it Europe's biggest hostess service and had an interesting offer of more than 200 girls. c. = air hostess n.; also, a woman similarly employed on a train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > woman who takes care of passengers hostess1936 train hostess1938 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > crew of aircraft or spacecraft > aircraft cabin crew > members of air steward1922 air hostess1931 steward1931 stewardess1931 airline stewardess1933 air stewardess1936 hostess1936 airline steward1937 flight attendant1947 hostie1960 1936 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 40 525 On American aeroplanes for many years now we have had, as part of the staff, ‘hostesses’, young women of 20 to 30 years of age, generally trained nurses, whose duties are to make passengers ‘feel at home’ aloft. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 213/2 Hostess..now suggests a professional person paid for her services, as the hostess at a hotel, on an airplane, or on pullman cars. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 252 She'll be a hostess on a transglobal airline. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 598/4 Illuminating testimonies by hostesses of various air lines. 1970 Times 17 Nov. 19/7 Five years ago..she was one of the first Gatwick hostesses. They're British Rail's answer to an air hostess. †3. A female guest: cf. host n.² 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] guestOE host1390 strangerc1400 hostessa1425 gestenerc1480 stranger-guest1725 treatee1841 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. iii. 22 A womman schal axe of hir neiȝboresse and of her hoosteesse [1382 gest] siluerne vesselis. Compounds C1. General attributive. hostess apron n. ΚΠ 1968 Wanganui (N.Z.) Chron. 15 Nov. 8/3 Hostess apron: Mrs. S. 1, Mrs. A. J. M. 2. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 352 Kate Collins, wearing her mother's pink hostess apron, was passing coffee. hostess dress n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > other slip1690 jam1793 robe1799 hostess dress1951 1951 Country Life 16 Nov. The picture or hostess dress has been re-instated for informal evenings. 1963 Times 27 Feb. 12/5 Sleeveless hostess dresses. 1968 Guardian 30 Apr. 7/1 Full-length hostess dresses, long-sleeved or sleeveless. hostess gown n. ΚΠ 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) x. 143 She looked ravishing in a silver lamé hostess-gown. 1945 E. Bowen Demon Lover 178 Her cretonne house-coat, the nearest thing to a hostess gown that she had. 1963 M. McCarthy Group v. 92 Instead of a dress, Kay was wearing a cherry-red velvet sleeveless hostess gown. hostess pyjamas n. ΚΠ 1945 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Payoff for Banker (1948) vi. 58 Dorian did not have hostess pyjamas of quite this cut—quite this daring—and would hardly have worn them if she had. 1970 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 Mar. C. 2/3 It's time to turn to wearing the long ‘hostess pyjamas’ for seasonal glamour in entertaining. hostess robe n. ΚΠ 1964 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. Sect. xi. 9 (advt.) Button-front hostess robe of soft fleece. 1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 Aug. (1970) 406 I put on my white hostess robe that Lyndon had bought me in Paris ten years ago and went in to see Luci. She was eating breakfast. hostess skirt n. ΚΠ 1966 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 9/4 The kilt that grew—and grew—and grew—becomes the Christmas hostess skirt that's on view at all the cosiest fireside parties. hostess trolley n. ΚΠ 1963 Guardian 25 Nov. 6/3 The latest model of the L. G. Hawkins hostess trolley..in which you can carry four dishes and a joint from the kitchen. C2. hostess-like adj. ΚΠ a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) III. ii. 199 She spoke with so grave and hostess-like a tone. Derivatives ˈhostessship n. the office of hostess. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > hostess > position of hostessshipa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 72 It is my Fathers will, I should take on mee The Hostesseship o' th' day: you're welcome sir. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hostessv. /ˈhəʊstɪs/ Etymology: < hostess n. transitive and intransitive. To be the hostess at (a party, etc.); to act as hostess. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > act as host or hostess [verb (intransitive)] host1868 hostess1946 1946 Lincoln State Jrnl. 24 Jan. Wednesday was the day of the party which Mrs. Herbert Folsom..hostessed..in honor of Mr. Thomas Mauck. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xii. 215 She had led one of those fringe careers—modelling dresses,..hostessing for obscure clubs. 1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers ii. 22 Vanessa thought hostessing large political gatherings would grow easier with experience. Derivatives ˈhostessing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > hostess > acting as hostessing1928 1928 Sunday Express 6 May 16 She observed herself think that possibly Athene felt political ‘hostessing’ to be her vocation. 1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry xxviii. 123 It will be my first real experience of hostessing to people who really matter. 1961 Spectator 27 Oct. 605 The hell of hostessing is..that one can know..what things make a good hostess and still be quite unable to achieve them. 1962 Aeroplane 102 229/2 The book..details the growth of the aviation industry. This is vital for anyone interested in ‘Hostessing’, because a proper appreciation of the industry's background is invaluable in assessing the job as a whole and its importance in helping to ‘sell’ the airlines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1290v.1928
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hostessn.

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hostessv.

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