flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

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Travolta’s daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta, 26, portrays a flight attendant in the film. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026 After alerting a flight attendant, the woman vanished into the rest room to avoid further entanglement. Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Brady’s post-football retirement in the corporate world Brady first partnered with Delta Airlines in 2023, when the champion athlete, whose mother was, fittingly, a flight attendant, signed on as a strategic advisor to the Fortune 500 company. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 The Atlanta, Georgia, woman had just accepted a new job as a flight attendant and was looking forward to traveling the world. ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight attendant

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 13 Apr. 2026.

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flight attendant

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

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