STEWARDESS

stewardess, air hostess, hostess

(noun) a woman steward on an airplane

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stewardess

A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).

Synonyms

• air host (male and female)

• air hostess

• air steward (male and female)

• air stewardess

• cart tart (pejorative)

• flight hostess

• flight stewardess

• flight host (male and female)

• flight steward (male and female)

• hostie (Australia)

• sky girl (slang)

• sky waitress

• trolley dolly (pejorative)

Hypernyms

• steward (male and female)

• air attendant (male and female)

• air steward (male and female)

• air host (male and female)

• flight attendant (male and female)

• flight steward (male and female)

• flight host (male and female)

Coordinate terms

• steward (male)

• air host (male)

• air steward (male)

• flight host (male)

• flight steward (male)

Source: Wiktionary


Stew"ard*ess, n.

Definition: A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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