stewardess
See also: Stewardess
English
Etymology
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)
- feminine of steward
- Ellipsis of flight stewardess and air stewardess ; a female flight attendant.
Synonyms
- steward (female)
(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
- steward (male and female)
(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
- steward (male)
(female flight attendant):
- air host (male)
- air steward (male)
- flight host (male)
- flight steward (male)
Translations
female flight attendant
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female steward
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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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