Hostessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhoʊstɪs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhəʊstəs/
• ハイフネーション: host‧ess

名詞

hostess (plural hostesses)

1. A female host.

   The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.

   • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.

2. A female innkeeper.
3. Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
4. A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.
5. (Philippines) A female prostitute.

   Synonym: girl rented overnight

同意語

• hostress (dated)

派生語

動詞

hostess (third-person singular simple present hostesses, present participle hostessing, simple past and past participle hostessed)

1. To host, as a woman.
   • 1975, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, volume 92, number 2, page 69:

     Later in January, the alum club hostessed the initiation brunch at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house. It was thrilling to see so many girls with such enthusiasm!

   • 1986 fall, MWC Today, volume 11, number 1, page 21, column 1:

     Over the years she has maintained a close relationship with several former students. Currently, she alternates between visiting and hostessing two in Roanoke and Greenville, N.C., respectively, and is a proud godgrandmother to one’s new baby.

   • 2009, Eireann Corrigan, Accomplice, Frome, Som: The Chicken House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 161:

     Dad and I had left early to make sure to get a booth in the back. But when I got there, Teddy Selander’s older sister was hostessing and she said, ‘You’re meeting Dean West? He’s sitting right over here,’ loud enough for everyone to hear.