flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But since then, several conversations have softened the opposition, including from the flight attendants union. — Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

The National Transportation Safety Board has said passengers and flight attendants were thrown into the ceiling with enough force to crack some of the interior panels before tossing them back to the floor and then up again. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

The food Food is solid and plentiful, its impending arrival signaled by a flight attendant bringing down your tray table and laying upon it a white napkin-as-tablecloth. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

The lawsuit adds to a separate legal challenge over congressional approval, while a flight attendants’ union leader has raised safety concerns near the site of the deadly 2025 Potomac crash. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 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