invitress

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English

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Etymology

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From inviter +‎ -ess.

Noun

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invitress (plural invitresses)

  1. (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.