hostess
noun
a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
hostess-ship
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a word derived from
hostess.
Example Sentences
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It is my father's will I should take on me The hostess-ship o' the day:—you're welcome, sir.'
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
Presumably there was current in her mind a polite fiction that she was entertaining her guests, but she did not take her duties of hostess-ship too seriously.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
She richly embroidered the themes, now so remote, that had once occupied poor Althea's imagination—house-parties at Merriston; hostess-ship on a large scale in London; Gerald's seat in Parliament taken as a matter-of-course.
From Franklin Kane by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
"That will do," she declared, tyrannizing over him with a fine affectation of austere hostess-ship.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
Ina's conception of hostess-ship was definite: A volley of questions—was his train on time?
From Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale
