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stewardess en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstjuː.ə.dɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstʊɹ.dɪs/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈstjuː.ə.dɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstjʊə.dɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /stjuː.əˈdɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English steward Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English stewardess From steward + -ess (feminine suffix).

Meanings

  1. (dated) A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
  2. A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.
    • 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. 2013, Julie Perry, The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess:
    • 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. 1888 September, Henry James, “The Patagonia”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 5, page 782:
    • 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." 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:
    • 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. 1905, The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review - Volume 35, page 296:
  3. A female steward (any sense).
    • The kitchen stewardess says madam sits there glaring at the paper on the wall. 2013, Tanith Lee, A Heroine of the World:
    • 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. 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:
    • The occasion – the very first trip of a stewardess on Capitol, eastbound B & O […] 1957, Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine - Volumes 43-44, page 15:
    • Arbitrator John Day Larkin upholds the discharge of a female employee who had a fight with a union stewardess on a company parking lot. 1968, Daily Labor Report, page 4:
    • The stewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard. 1898, Luise Mühlbach, The Reign of the Great Elector, page 105:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stewardii Number=Plur humorous, nonstandard lexicographic
stewardesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

flight steward · air host · flight host · steward · air steward

Deriveds

wine stewardess

Hypernyms

flight host · air attendant · air host · steward · flight attendant · air steward · flight steward

Relateds

air nurse · flight nurse

Synonyms

hostie · trolley dolly · air stewardess · airline stewardess · air-girl · flight stewardess · flight hostess · cart tart · air hostess · sky waitress · sky girl

Translations (79)

cs stevardka (female flight attendant) · bg стюарде́са (female flight attendant) · da stewardesse (female flight attendant) · aii ܡܫܲܡܫܵܢܬܵܐ (female flight attendant) · de Stewardeß (female flight attendant) · tg стюардесса (female flight attendant) · pl stewardesa (female flight attendant) · de Stewardess (female flight attendant) · ro stewardesă (female flight attendant) · ro ospătară (female flight attendant) · es azafata (female flight attendant) · my လေယာဉ်မယ် (female flight attendant) · ga aeróstach (female flight attendant) · uk стюарде́са (female flight attendant) · fr stewardess (female flight attendant) · kk аспансерік (female flight attendant) · ar مُضِيفَة جَوِّيَّة (female flight attendant) · ru стюарде́сса (female flight attendant) · hsb přewodźerka lětadła (female flight attendant) · sh стјуардѐса (female flight attendant) · gl covilleira (female flight attendant) · kw ostes ayr (female flight attendant) · hsb stewardeska (female flight attendant) · uz styuardessa (female flight attendant) · sk stevardka (female flight attendant) · sq stjuardesë (female flight attendant) · pt aeromoça (female flight attendant) · et stjuardess (female flight attendant) · is flugfreyja (female flight attendant) · sk letuška (female flight attendant) · az stüardessa (female flight attendant) · id pramugari (female flight attendant) · cs letuška (female flight attendant) · ar مُضِيفَة (female flight attendant) · ky стюардесса (female flight attendant) · pt hospedeira de bordo (female flight attendant) · gl azafata (female flight attendant) · lt stiuardesė (female flight attendant) · sl stevardesa (female flight attendant) · nl stewardess (female flight attendant) · ru стюарде́сса (female flight attendant) · arz مضيفة (female flight attendant) · hi परिचारिका (female flight attendant) · he דַיֶלֶת \ דיילת (female flight attendant) · fi lentoemäntä (female flight attendant) · el αεροσυνοδός (female flight attendant) · ms pramugari (female flight attendant) · ja キャビンアテンダント (female flight attendant) · fr hôtesse de l'air (female flight attendant) · yue 空姐 (female flight attendant) · be сцюардэ́са (female flight attendant) · ru бортпроводни́ца (female flight attendant) · lv stjuartese (female flight attendant) · mk стјуарде́са (female flight attendant) · io stewardino (female flight attendant) · hy ուղեկցորդուհի (female flight attendant) · eo stevardino (female flight attendant) · ar مُضِيفَةْ طَيَرَان (female flight attendant) · cmn 空乘 (female flight attendant) · yue 空中小姐 (female flight attendant) · de Flugbegleiterin (female flight attendant) · hsb stewardesa (female flight attendant) · be бортправадні́ца (female flight attendant) · cmn 空中小姐 (female flight attendant) · es aeromoza (female flight attendant) · fr agente de bord (female flight attendant) · pl stewardessa (female flight attendant) · yi סטואַרדקע (female flight attendant) · lv stjuarte (female flight attendant) · sv flygvärdinna (female flight attendant) · dsb stewardessa (female flight attendant) · ko 스튜어디스 (female flight attendant) · uk бортпровідни́ця (female flight attendant) · ja スチュワーデス (female flight attendant) · ca hostessa (female flight attendant) · nb flyvertinne (female flight attendant) · cmn 空姐 (female flight attendant) · tr hostes (female flight attendant) · sh stjuardèsa (female flight attendant)