flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

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The Batemans ultimately settled in Los Angeles, though little felt traditional as his dad was busy chasing freelance opportunities and his mother, a flight attendant for Pan Am, was gone two weeks out of every month. Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 Hundreds of attendants recalled The airline, meanwhile, is reactivating 500 of 1,300 unionized flight attendants who were furloughed late last year, the company confirmed. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026 American has contracts in place with all of those groups and its flight attendants are paid roughly 35% more than United’s. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026 Humphrey, determined to recreate the video as accurately as possible, worked with Southwest to film her parody on a real plane with the same flight attendant from the first video. Kate Perez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 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 22 Feb. 2026.

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flight attendant

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

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