hostess-ship

noun

The state or position of being a hostess.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English hostess →
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Meanings

nounhostess-ship (uncountable)

alternative hostessship

  1. uncountableThe state or position of being a hostess.

    It is my father's will, I should take on me / The hostessship o' the day : You're welcome, sir! / Give me those flowers there, Dorcas.

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)], lines 294-6

Origin

  1. Englishhostess
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishhostess-ship

From hostess + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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