flight attendant

American  

noun

• flight attendants
  plural

1. an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.

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flight attendant British  

noun

1. a person who attends to the needs of passengers on a commercial flight

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• flight attendants
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of flight attendant

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

flight attendant

One flight attendant was also transported to the hospital for further evaluation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sarjo, also Year 11, already knows she wants to be a flight attendant so she is taking hospitality and catering as a BTec Level 2 alongside GCSEs.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, a first for the country's aviation industry, her lawyer and a trade union said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I’m genuinely passionate about my job,” says Jamie Gibson, a 33-year-old flight attendant and chef on private jets who goes by @flightess on Instagram and runs a training platform under the same name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

A scythe had entered the plane and was talking to a flight attendant.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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