stewardess

See also: Stewardess

English

Etymology

steward + -ess

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/, /ˈstʊɹ.dɪs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stjuː.əˈdɛs/, /ˈstjuː.ə.dɛs/, /ˈstjuː.ə.dɪs/, /ˈstjʊə.dɪs/
  • Hyphenation: stew‧ard‧ess

Noun

stewardess (plural stewardesses, masculine steward)

  1. feminine of steward
  2. Ellipsis of flight stewardess and air stewardess ; a female flight attendant.

Synonyms

(female flight attendant):

  • air hostess
  • air stewardess
  • flight hostess
  • flight stewardess
  • air host (female)
  • air steward (female)
  • flight steward (female)
  • flight host (female)
  • hostie (Australia, slang)
  • sky girl (slang)
  • cart tart (pejorative, slang)
  • trolley dolly (pejorative, slang)

Hypernyms

(female flight attendant):

  • 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

(female flight attendant):

  • air host (male)
  • air steward (male)
  • flight host (male)
  • flight steward (male)

Translations

See also

(female flight attendant):

  • flight nurse (obsolete form for air stewardess, from when medical qualifications were needed)
  • air nurse (obsolete form for air stewardess, from when medical qualifications were needed)
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