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cohostess en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + hostess.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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cohostesses Number=Plur lexicographic

cohostess en · VERB

Etymology

From co- + hostess.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Of 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:

Forms

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cohostessed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cohostessed Tense=Past lexicographic
cohostesses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cohostessing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic