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/ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/ · noun
(dated) A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers)..
She usually rang for the stewardess early, but this morning of course there had been no ring. The stewardess had gone in all the same about eight o'clock and found the cabin empty.
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.
He regarded the tray with apprehension, then with dismay as the stewardess said: "She's just rung for breakfast in bed, going to stay there all day as she feels a cold coming."
I came into the industry as a chef with restaurant and catering experience but no real understanding of what the whole role of "stewardess" entailed on board.
The stewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard.
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.
On the transfer of any hostess or stewardess from one permanent base to another, the employer shall pay the expenses properly incurred by the hostess or stewardess for the removal of her dependants, her furniture, and personal effects, such expenses to be mutually agreed upon.
Use stewardess when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stewardess means (dated) A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers)..
Common synonyms include air-girl, air hostess, airline stewardess, air stewardess.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She usually rang for the stewardess early, but this morning of course there had been no ring. The stewardess had gone in all the same about eight o'clock and found the cabin empty.
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