flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Under normal conditions, the cockpit door on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, uses a dead bolt that can be locked from the cockpit side, according to a 2025 Boeing manual for flight attendants. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Passengers lifted their bags and stepped over the liquid as flight attendants struggled to stop the leak. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Prior to 9/11, pilots and flight attendants were not subjected to passenger-style screening and the Federal Flight Deck Officer program did not exist. — Jeff Price, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

This concern increases tenfold for flight attendants, as a negative interaction isn’t necessarily fleeting; they may be stuck in the air with rude or disorderly passengers for several hours. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight attendant

• codefendant
• independent
• appendant
• ascendant
• defendant
• dependant
• dependent
• descendant
• descendent
• intendant
• resplendent
• transcendent

Kids Definition

flight attendant

noun

: a person who provides service to passengers on an airplane