stewardess
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈstjuːərdəs/
- Archaic
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- The stewardess served drinks and snacks to the passengers during the flight.
- airline stewardess
- flight stewardess
- plane stewardess
So I asked the stewardess to say, Hey, can I get a pin?
- So I asked the stewardess to say, Hey, can I get a pin?
- I called the woman who worked on the plane a stewardess, which is of course, an outdated term.
- Yeah, totally raised by a self-proclaimed old hippie, which would be my mom, airline stewardess turned artist.
- I mean, it's just, it's, it's pretty obvious what happens with those type of stewardesses.
- Like those people have you on the plane like and I'm acting like going and yeah, like you remind me of a stewardess.
- First one, maybe I have an alcohol problem because the stewardess came to me and she said another one and I said, oh, baby, we're warming up.
- I think that the stewardess, this was like her first time on an aircraft, on that aircraft operated by the Wagner Group.
- And now the the airline stewardess, she said, oh, you ate.
Examples
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I am a stewardess for a major airline, mister.
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DELTA AIRPLANE - DAY: A shot of the attractive, young stewardess, harried as she fixes drinks.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the end of the aisle, another stewardess was already bringing tea or coffee around.
Fiction book (1992) -
The jet came to a stop, and a stewardess in a blue uniform opened the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
I boarded the flight and the stewardess came up to me and said welcome on board Sir, we guarantee take off.
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Mom used to be a stewardess for Northwest, and now she works as a paralegal.
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When we first arrived at the desert, all the stewardesses cried as we got off the plane.
Fiction book (1994) -
Before him, a whiskey sour brought by Connie the stewardess, pink liquid in a plastic cup.
Fiction book (1997) -
Andy wakes up with a start; a concerned stewardess is leaning over him.
Fiction book (1997) -
Then I glanced up and saw two stewardesses staring at me.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
13
3.8
A person who serves and looks after passengers on a ship or plane
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5.3
A woman who looks after passengers on an airplane
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2.2
A woman who looks after passengers on a plane
An informal word for a person who serves food and drinks on a plane
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stewardess comes from steward + -ess. A steward used to mean someone who 'looks after' a house or people and -ess is a female ending like in waitress, so a stewardess was a woman who 'looked after' passengers, which is why today the job is usually called a 'flight attendant'.