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 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, Japanese music company
*
Hostess (snack cakes), a brand of snack cakes owned by Hostess Brands
Other
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"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
See also
*
Host (disambiguation)
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 ...
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