hostess has definitions from the fields of work,Italian,business
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[ noun ] a woman host

Used in print

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

She could see that Mr._Gorboduc was intrigued ; the hostess in her took_over .

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host

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[ noun ] (work,Italian,business) a woman innkeeper

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

`` Vous voulez vos petits dejeuners tout de suite alors '' ? their hostess enquired .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

I remember standing in a corner , watching Jessica act the hostess , serving soft_drinks to her guests .

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host

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[ noun ] (work) a woman steward on an airplane

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Finally she had come_down ; Winston had heard her shaking out the skirt of her new pink silk hostess gown .

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steward

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