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   hostess

   /ˈhəʊstəs/

   noun

   • 1. a woman who receives or entertains guests: "the perfect dinner-party hostess"
   • ▪ a woman employed to welcome and entertain customers at a nightclub or bar.
   • ▪ a stewardess on an aircraft, train, etc.
   • ▪ a woman who presents a television or radio programme: "a game-show hostess"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French (h)ostesse, feminine of (h)oste (see host1).

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