flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The former New York Giants athlete’s extramarital affair happened in 1997 with former flight attendant Suzen Johnson and was exposed by a tabloid. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024 Two major unions, representing flight attendants and Northern California transportation security officers, have lobbied in support of the changes to Clear. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024 The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) — which most recently reached a tentative deal with Southwest Airlines to cover their 20,000 flight attendants — has fallen short in several unionization attempts, and union membership among Americans has declined overall. William Gavin, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024 Queen Suthida previously worked as a flight attendant for Thai Airways and was a former bodyguard to the king. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024 Kanye West threatened to lock kids in cages at his private Christian school, new suit says Carole Middleton, a former British Airways flight attendant, launched Party Pieces in 1987, as a company that made children’s birthday party bags. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024 Idle conversation turned to plane-crash survival: a Serbian flight attendant who fell from thirty-three thousand feet and lived; those who walked away from the 1999 crash in Sioux City. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 The second way to arrive is at a standalone private airport, or FBO, where a flight attendant or pilot might gather passengers’ documents and take them for review while fliers wait onboard. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024 On the plane, flight attendants wore red headscarves and played the Rosie the Riveter song over the speakers. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flight attendant was in 1947

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“Flight attendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20attendant. Accessed 1 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

flight attendant

noun
: a person who provides service to passengers on an airplane

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