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7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a woman host
noun a woman innkeeper
noun a woman steward on an airplane
originFrom Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0