| 单词 | mine hostess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmine hostess a. A woman who keeps a public place of lodging and entertainment; the mistress of an inn. Also in archaic phrase mine hostess. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier wifeOE hostc1290 hostessc1290 hosteler1350 innkeeperc1449 innholder1463 wardin1493 hosterc1503 hostler?a1505 landlady1654 landlord1724 hoteliera1738 aubergiste1766 roadsider1826 khanji1839 motelier1959 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female hostessc1290 wardin1493 landlady1654 patronne1898 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 325/96 Þare-with heo fedde hire swiþe wel and hire ostesse al-so. c1305 Edmund Conf. 98 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 73 His ostesce had a dowȝter þer he was at inne. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 134 Alle tho thynges that ben..delyueryd to kepe to the hoste or hostesses they ought to be sauf. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 635 His hostes com rycht till hym thar. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 279 Hostesse clap to the doores, watch to night. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 82 Come Hostis, give us more Ale. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Swift Phyllis in J. Swift et al. Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 2) II. 135 John is landlord, Phillis hostess: They keep at Staines the Old Blue Boar. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 30 [He] had a good understanding with the brother of mine hostess. 1962 Listener 19 July 113/3 Mine Hostess, as La Locandiera is called in Clifford Bax's otherwise excellent English translation, is one of the dozen or so greatest comedies. < as lemmas |
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