flight attendant

noun

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

flight attendant

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flight attendant¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

With the calm cadence of a flight attendant, Sue instructs everyone to put their phones on Do Not Disturb, sound and brightness to max and open Instagram to find @asexualhistoryoftheinternet.

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It needs to evaluate, however, how many are being used, so enough pilots and flight attendants are available during the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

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Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job in August seeking better wages and compensation.

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There was some so-called noise in the report, TD notes, such as the impact of a flight attendants’ strike and drought conditions hampering electricity generation.

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Services-producing industries also edged lower, the first decline in six months in part thanks to a flight attendants strike that weighed on air travel and the first fall in wholesale trade in four months.

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