EGAVE

hostess

About 2.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A female host.
    The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.
  2. noun A female innkeeper.
  3. noun Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
  4. noun A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.
  5. noun A female prostitute.
  6. verb To host, as a woman.

Similar words

stewardess air hostess barmaid waitress housewife mistress homemaker housekeeper brothel escort

Often followed by

and to of was in at for had who

Word family

hostessed hostesses hostessing

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