A hostess is a female

host A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County People *Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman * Michel Host ...

or presenter of an event. Hostess may also refer to:

Hospitality trades

* Air hostess, a flight attendant * A female

maître d' ''Maître'' (spelled ''Maitre'' according to post-1990 spelling rules) is a commonly used honorific for lawyers, judicial officers and notaries in France, Belgium, Switzerland and French-speaking parts of Canada. It is often written in its abbrev ...

at a restaurant * An employee at a hostess club * Bargirl, a paid, female companion offering conversation and, in some cases, sex *

Taxi dancer A taxi dancer is a paid dance partner in a partner dance. Taxi dancers are hired to dance with their customers on a dance-by-dance basis. When taxi dancing first appeared in taxi-dance halls during the early 20th century in the United States, mal ...

, a paid, female dancing partner

Product brands

* Hostess Brands, a U.S.-based bakery company formed in 2013 * Hostess Potato Chips, a former Canadian brand owned by Frito-Lay *

Hostess Entertainment , DBA Unlimited, is a Japanese independent music company that represents Western alternative artists and labels in Japan, such as the Beggars Group ( 4AD/ XL/Matador/ Rough Trade), Domino Records, V2 Records, Brassland, Virgin Music Label & A ...

, Japanese music company *

Hostess (snack cakes) Hostess Cake, mostly known simply as Hostess, is a brand under which snack cakes are sold by Hostess Brands. The brand originated in 1919 when the first Hostess CupCake was sold. However, it is better-known as the brand under which Twinkies are ...

, a brand of snack cakes owned by Hostess Brands

Other

* "Hostess" (short story), by American writer Isaac Asimov *

Hostess House The Hostess House is a historic house in Palo Alto, California. It was built in 1918 by the YWCA for members of the United States Army to meet their relatives while they were still serving in World War I. With The Hostess House was originally loc ...

, a 1918 house in Palo Alto, California, U.S. * ''The Hostess'', a 1995 episode 43 of British television series ''Keeping Up Appearances'' *"Hostess", song by Rudimental from '' Ground Control'', 2021

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