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hostesshost‧ess /ˈhəʊstɪs $ ˈhoʊ-/ noun [countable]   - Pam, you've been a great hostess - thank you.
- But it was their hostess who was the most elegant.
- I suppose I am the hostess here.
- In that case, the hostess of a club selling non-alcoholic beverages importuned three passers by.
- Once the hostess appeared to ask if we were enjoying our meals, and I managed to give her a silent nod.
- She took him to a place called the Loneliness Bar, where the hostesses wore swimsuits treated with a chemical substance.
- The hostess rang and asked tactfully and hesitantly if I felt like it.
- They can beef up your status if you're a society hostess.
the people at a party► host the person who invites people to a party and provides them with food and drink: · I was intrigued to learn that our Chinese host had spent many years in Chicago. ► hostess a woman who invites people to a party and provides them with food and drink: · Pam, you've been a great hostess - thank you. ► guest someone who goes to a party: · Lily poured her guest a glass of sherry.· After the wedding, the couple staged a huge reception for over 250 guests.guest of honourBritish /guest of honor American (=the most important guest at a party): · This year's guest of honour will be the novelist Margaret Attwood. ► gatecrasher also party crasher American someone who goes to a party that they have not been invited to: · Lee says the damage was caused by a couple of unknown gatecrashers. NOUN► air· Beryl was an air hostess belonging to a rival airline he had met at the John F. Kennedy Airport.· Finally, I offered to become an air hostess to pay my way, and this time, received an immediate reply.· As she might have expected, it was almost empty, except for an air hostess sitting on the toilet, smoking.· Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them.· When Kylie returns as an air hostess for Spinning, the world suddenly seems perfect again.· She told Nigel proudly that Alison could have been anything she wanted, even an air hostess.· We are not told how these risks compare with, say, working as an air hostess, or as a policewoman.· But he is found by the air hostess and bustled on board. 1a woman at a party, meal etc who has invited all the guests and provides them with food, drink etc → host2a woman who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio show → host3a woman who shows people to seats in a restaurant in the US4a woman whose job is to entertain men at a nightclub |