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stewardess

[stoo-er-dis, styoo-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a woman flight attendant.
a woman who attends to the comfort of passengers on a ship, train, or bus.

stewardess

/ ˈstjʊədɪs, ˌstjʊəˈdɛs /

noun

a woman who performs a steward's job on an aircraft or ship

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Gender Note

See -ess.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stewardess¹

1625–35 for earlier sense “female steward”; 1930–35 stewardess for def. 1; steward + -ess

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Sarah Clark, who worked as a stewardess on the ship from 2002-2005, recalled how the crew made good use of the car deck when the passengers were gone.

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Other stewardesses and I laugh about how lucky we were to be in the industry at that time.

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The pilot made everyone sit down, even the stewardesses.

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A stewardess came over and gave them each a mug of warm milk.

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David Zucker: My favorite has always been when the stewardess says, "I've never been so scared, and besides, I am 26 and I'm not married."

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