hostess-ship

== English == === Alternative forms === hostessship === Etymology === From hostess +‎ -ship. === Noun === hostess-ship (uncountable) The state or position of being a hostess. ==== Usage notes ==== The unabridged second edition of Webster's Dictionary spells this term hostessship, with no hyphen. A hyphen was inserted in subsequent editions. The First Folio edition of The Winter's Tale spells this term hostesseship here.