stewardess
Syllables: stew·ard·ess/stjuː.əˈdɛs/US/ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/
stewardess noun: a female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
Noun
stewardess (plural stewardesses or (humorous, nonstandard) stewardii)
- A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
- A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries 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.1888 September, Henry James, “The Patagonia”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 5, page 782
- 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.1905, The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review - Volume 35, page 296
- A female steward (any sense).
- The stewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard.1898, Luise Mühlbach, The Reign of the Great Elector, page 105
- The occasion – the very first trip of a stewardess on Capitol, eastbound B & O […]1957, Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine - Volumes 43-44, page 15
stewardess meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
stewardess in Hindi
- female flight attendant
- परिचारिका paricārikā
stewardess in Tamil
- பெண் மேலாளர்
stewardess in Bengali
- বিমানসেবিকা, পরিচারিকা
stewardess in Malayalam
- കലവറക്കാരത്തി, ശുശ്രൂഷിക, യാത്രക്കപ്പലിലെ പരിചാരിക
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- stewardess in Arabic
- مُضِيفَةْ طَيَرَان muḍīfat ṭayarān, مُضِيفَة muḍīfa, مُضِيفَة جَوِّيَّة muḍīfa jawwiyya
- stewardess in Malay
- pramugari
- stewardess in Indonesian
- pramugari
- stewardess in Myanmar
- လေယာဉ်မယ် leyanymai
Examples of stewardess in a sentence
- 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."1997, Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham, Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Violet Jessop who Survived Both the...
- 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.2013, Julie Perry, The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess:
- Arbitrator John Day Larkin upholds the discharge of a female employee who had a fight with a union stewardess on a company parking lot.1968, Daily Labor Report, page 4:
- The kitchen stewardess says madam sits there glaring at the paper on the wall.2013, Tanith Lee, A Heroine of the World:
Synonyms of stewardess
- air-girl
- air hostess
- airline stewardess
- air stewardess
- cart tart
- flight hostess
- flight stewardess
- hostie
- sky girl
- sky waitress
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Forms of stewardess
| plural | stewardesses |
|---|---|
| plural (nonstandard, humorous) | stewardii |
Origin of stewardess
From steward + -ess (feminine suffix).
Words formed from stewardess
Phrases with stewardess
Questions about stewardess
- What does stewardess mean?
- Stewardess means a female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
- What is stewardess in Hindi?
- Stewardess in Hindi is परिचारिका (paricārikā). See Stewardess meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use stewardess in a sentence?
- 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."
- What part of speech is stewardess?
- Stewardess is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stewardess?
- Stewardess is pronounced /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of stewardess?
- The plural of stewardess is stewardesses.
Words near stewardess in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stewardess (page history and authors); stewardess (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stewardess (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stewardess (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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