stewardess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/
ipa: /ˈstʊɹ.dɪs/
ipa: /stjuː.əˈdɛs/
ipa: /ˈstjuː.ə.dɛs/
ipa: /ˈstjuː.ə.dɪs/
ipa: /ˈstjʊə.dɪs/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛs
Forms: form: stewardesses
form: stewardii
Etymology: From steward + -ess (feminine suffix).
Senses: glosses: A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1888 September, Henry James, “The Patagonia”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 5, page 782:
text: 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.
ref: 1905, The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review - Volume 35, page 296:
text: 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."
ref: 1997, Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham, Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Violet Jessop who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters, page 195:
text: 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.
ref: 2013, Julie Perry, The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess:
glosses: A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.
examples: text: The stewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard.
ref: 1898, Luise Mühlbach, The Reign of the Great Elector, page 105:
text: The occasion – the very first trip of a stewardess on Capitol, eastbound B & O […]
ref: 1957, Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine - Volumes 43-44, page 15:
text: Arbitrator John Day Larkin upholds the discharge of a female employee who had a fight with a union stewardess on a company parking lot.
ref: 1968, Daily Labor Report, page 4:
text: On the transfer of any hostess or stewardess from one permanent base to another, the employer shall pay the expenses properly incurred by the hostess or stewardess for the removal of her dependants, her furniture, and personal effects, such expenses to be mutually agreed upon.
ref: 1971, New Zealand. Department of Labour, Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the Apprentices Act, the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, and Other Industrial Legislation for the Year 1970, page 3860:
text: The kitchen stewardess says madam sits there glaring at the paper on the wall.
ref: 2013, Tanith Lee, A Heroine of the World:
glosses: A female steward (any sense).
Synonyms: word: air-girl
word: air hostess
word: airline stewardess
word: air stewardess
word: cart tart
word: flight hostess
word: flight stewardess
word: hostie
word: sky girl
word: sky waitress
word: trolley dolly
Hypernyms: air attendant
air host
air steward
flight attendant
flight host
flight steward
steward
Coordinate terms: air host
air steward
flight host
flight steward
steward
Derived terms: wine stewardess
Related terms: word: air nurse
english: obsolete form for air stewardess, from when medical qualifications were needed
translation: obsolete form for air stewardess, from when medical qualifications were needed
word: flight nurse