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hostress

noun

Etymology

From Middle English hoostresse; equivalent to host + -ress.

  1. inherited from hoostresse

Definitions

  1. A female host.

    • By this time, mine hostress set before us our dish of herrings, which, with oatmeal cakes, potatoes, and buttermilk, furnished one of the heartiest dinners I ever ate;
    • The host and hostress sat at the side — Colonel Hamilton or some other member of the military family usually took the head of the table.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA