hostess

(宴会などの)女主人(役)

(noun) A woman who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.
(noun) A woman who manages an inn or hotel.
(noun) A woman who is the emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.
(noun) A woman who is employed to greet and assist patrons, as in a restaurant.
(noun) A woman who is employed to dance with customers in a dance hall or nightclub. See Usage Note at -ess.

She lived some time with Lady Hester Stanhope, a woman as fantastic and mentally strained as herself, on the slope of Mt. Lebanon, but finally quarrelled with her in regard to two white horses with red marks on their backs which suggested the idea of saddles, on which her titled hostess expected to ride into Jerusalem with the Lord.