Hostess

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A hostess^[1] is a female host or presenter of an event.

Hostess may also refer to:

Hospitality trades

• Air hostess, a flight attendant
• A female maître d' at a restaurant
• An employee at a hostess club
• Bargirl, a paid, female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex
• Taxi dancer, a paid, female dancing partner

Product brands

• Hostess Brands, a U.S.-based bakery company formed in 2013
• Hostess Potato Chips, a former Canadian brand owned by Frito-Lay
• Hostess Entertainment, Japanese music company
• Hostess (snack cakes), a brand of snack cakes owned by Hostess Brands
• Old HB, formerly a U.S.-based bakery company known as Hostess Brands from 2009–2013, now under liquidation

Other

• "Hostess" (short story), by Isaac Asimov
• The Hostess, 1995 episode 43 of Keeping Up Appearances, see List of Keeping Up Appearances episodes

See also

• Host (disambiguation)

References