invitress
English
Etymology
From inviter + -ess.
Noun
invitress (plural invitresses)
- (archaic) A woman who invites.
- 1859, Edward Fitzball, Thirty-five Years of a Dramatic Author's Life (volume 1, page 44)
- I know not what he said to my fair invitresses, but certainly the invitation was no more repeated.
- 1859, Edward Fitzball, Thirty-five Years of a Dramatic Author's Life (volume 1, page 44)