What Does Hostess Mean?

A hostess is a lady who welcomes guests in her own home. The woman who receives guests in a hotel, in a party or any other social setting is called as a hostess. The one who throws a party may not always be the hostess. For example, a baby shower party may be thrown by a particular person, but then the host who welcomes the guests can be someone else.

A hostess can also be a woman who is hired by a restaurant, an inn or a hotel to welcome guests and show them to their seats. A lady in an event who does the same thing of welcoming the guests and leading the attendees through the sequence of events, programs or performances is also called as an emcee or a hostess. She can also be an interviewer and presenter of shows for the television or the radio. A woman who is hired to dance with patrons in a night club is also called as a hostess. The popular use of hostess is with the compound word "air hostess," which means a woman steward on board an airplane. The word was first used in popular English literature at the start of the 13th century.

A hostess is a woman who hosts a party or event,
a woman who greets you at a restaurant, gives you the menu, and seats you,
the female form of host
sometimes female flight attendants were called hostesses

A lady that lets you in like a lady that works at a restaurant and she takes you to your seat

Hospital

A hostess is a woman that host's something for example if a woman threw a dinner party she would be the hostess and would serve drinks and food etc. Hope that helps