hostess-ship
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See also: hostessship
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- The state or position of being a hostess.
- 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:
- 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.
Usage notes
[edit]- The unabridged second edition of Webster's Dictionary spells this term hostessship, with no hyphen. A hyphen was inserted in subsequent editions.
- The First Folio edition of The Winter's Tale spells this term hostesseship here.