hostess

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

“Certainly,” said the hostess wearily. — A Room with a View, E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
“Fin du globe,” answered his hostess. — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
"Oh, yes," said their hostess, indifferently. — The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, Emerson Hough

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