stewardess
noun
stew·ard·ess
ˈstü-ər-dəs 
ˈstyü-;
ˈst(y)u̇r-dəs
: a woman who performs the duties of a steward
especially
: one who attends passengers (as on an airplane)
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The untitled film follows best friends Tess and DeeDee, train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Ditte Perschke, the youngest of three sisters from a small town in Denmark, studied Service & Hotel Management in Copenhagen before swapping hotels for the elite world of luxury yachts, working as a chief stewardess catering to the demands of high-profile owners.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Viral video captured on March 5, 2023, showed Torres shouting while standing above his seat, before taking off into the plane's aisle and attacking a stewardess with a broken metal spoon.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
For Sheldon, who had been born into a farming family in central Wisconsin before the Civil War, and for other women like her, the position of ship stewardess was a rare and, from the outside, glamorous chance to see the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Ditte Perschke, the youngest of three sisters from a small town in Denmark, studied Service & Hotel Management in Copenhagen before swapping hotels for the elite world of luxury yachts, working as a chief stewardess catering to the demands of high-profile owners.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Viral video captured on March 5, 2023, showed Torres shouting while standing above his seat, before taking off into the plane's aisle and attacking a stewardess with a broken metal spoon.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
For Sheldon, who had been born into a farming family in central Wisconsin before the Civil War, and for other women like her, the position of ship stewardess was a rare and, from the outside, glamorous chance to see the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for stewardess
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“Stewardess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stewardess. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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stewardess
noun
stew·ard·ess
ˈst(y)ü-ərd-əs
ˈst(y)u̇(-ə)rd-
: a woman who does the job of a steward
especially
: one who attends the needs of passengers (as on an airplane)
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