FOOD! and dancing
Italians will entertain guests in their home very frequently. Children will usually go get their parents first before offering coffee to their guests if the guest is a stranger.
They entertained their guests in the hall.
TO entertain guests.
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Martha Washington
Martha Washington
It was the red room that Dolly Madison entertain the guests on Wednesday nights
The word 'entertain' is a verb, a word for an action. Example:Mayzie will entertain you with her rendition of "Let Me Entertain You".
Middle class women were expected to raise and educate their children, entertain guests, serve their husbands, do community service, and engage in home activities: such as quilting and needle work.
Manaakitanga means respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, or to look after.
I do not know the answer, but can only guess that it derived from the French word, "salon" (a place to entertain guests).