hostess
noun
a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
hostesses
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pluralof hostess.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“The program was started to bring the hostesses to work so that they wouldn’t show up in cars,” McKinney said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
These nightclubs were frequented by activists, diplomats, politicians, air hostesses and young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Except for restaurateur Vanderpump, all are current or former servers, hostesses, busboys or bartenders at her SUR and Pump restaurants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
It was a trajectory not unlike that of Gigi, the titular heroine of her 1944 novella, who climbs through Paris’s social strata, from a world of courtesans to that of society hostesses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
I described the glittering casinos and the glamorous high rollers, the palm trees and the swimming pools, the hotels with ice-cold air-conditioning and the restaurants where hostesses with long white gloves fit flaming desserts.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
