cohostess

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noun

A female cohost.

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Meanings

nouncohostess (plural cohostesses)

plural cohostesses

  1. A female cohost.

    Julia Meade assisted Ed as cohostess and chief product seller during and for a while after his Toast of the Town years.

    1971, Ronald W Lackmann, Remember television
verbcohostess (third-person singular simple present cohostesses, present participle cohostessing, simple past and past participle cohostessed)

present singular third person cohostesses · participle present cohostessing · participle past cohostessed · past cohostessed

  1. rareOf a woman: To act as a joint host.

    Erna had dragooned a reluctant Frau Ostlinger into cohostessing a lavish party at the consulate for the children of all the more prominent German-American families in New York.

    1979, Robert H. Pilpel, To the honor of the fleet, page 241

Origin

From co- + hostess.

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APA

cohostess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohostess

MLA

“cohostess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohostess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cohostess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohostess.

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