Hostie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhəʊsti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hostie is a noun meaning (Australia, informal) An air hostess.
Meaning
(Australia, informal) An air hostess.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, Catholicism, Scotland) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
Example Sentences
But he went to another Prieſt, that lived in the Court, who gave him the pix with an hoſtie in it.
A lovely hostie approached my seat, `Mr. Vautin, just looking at you makes me think we might need a forklift to get you off the plane.'
Emma, who is still 2.5 cm under the required hostie height and therefore may never realise her dream, said of her ordeal, ‘I was scared, but I did it for my career.’
2011, Les Hawkins, Great Australian Fly-Fishing Stories, Chapter 20, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, unnumbered page, The cute hostie at the check-in for Kamchatka accepted a note the Russian Ambassador in Canberra had given me about excess luggage and gave me a smile rather than a bill.
Word Forms
- hosties
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include housel, hoast, hostesse, hostry, hostager, hospitium.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.