hostesse

== English == === Noun === hostesse (plural hostesses) Obsolete spelling of hostess. == French == === Noun === hostesse f (plural hostesses) obsolete spelling of hôtesse === See also === hoste == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hoosteesse, hoostresse, hostes, oostesse, ostesce, ostesse hostes, ostes, ostys (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French ostesse; by surface analysis, hoste (“host”) +‎ -esse (“-ess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɔːˈstɛs(ə)/, /ˈɔːstɛs(ə)/ === Noun === hostesse (plural hostesses) hostess (woman hosting visitors at home) hostess (female innkeeper) ==== Descendants ==== English: hostess Middle Scots: hostes (hapax) ==== References ==== “hōstes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle French == === Noun === hostesse f (plural hostesses) hostess === See also === hoste == Old French == === Noun === hostesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural hostesses, nominative singular hostesse, nominative plural hostesses) alternative form of ostesce