Stewardess

Quick meaning: Stewardess is a noun meaning A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.

Meaning

A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.

More Meanings

1. A female steward (any sense).
2. (dated) A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).

Example Sentences

The occasion – the very first trip of a stewardess on Capitol, eastbound B & O […]

Arbitrator John Day Larkin upholds the discharge of a female employee who had a fight with a union stewardess on a company parking lot.

Certainly a stewardess who may have fifty or even a hundred passengers to look after cannot give much attention to nursing, even if she knows how.

The stewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard.

Word Forms

• stewardesses
• stewardii

Synonyms for stewardess

Depending on context, synonyms include air-girl, hostie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include escort, host, waitress, lady, mademoiselle, missus.

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