flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Earlier this year, the APA and the flight attendants’ union called Isom’s leadership into question. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026

His wife was Bruneau’s best friend, and the two women worked together as flight attendants. — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026

He was born in the United States purely because his mother, who was trying to fly back to Europe from New York City, was deemed too pregnant to get on the plane by one of the flight attendants, and so stayed in New York. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

One anonymous American Airlines flight attendant, who (naturally) travels regularly for work, agreed—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, after all. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 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