flight attendant
noun
an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
flight attendants
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pluralof flight attendant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A United spokesman told me flight attendants and cleaning crews are instructed to turn any items over to customer service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A study this month at the Harvard Medical School in the US, external found that flight attendants and pilots had the highest level of radiation-related cancer deaths among more than 500 different professions.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In all, about 6.9% of deaths among flight attendants and 6.7% of deaths among pilots were from radiation-related cancers, according to the analysis.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
WestJet flight attendants ratified a new three-year collective agreement following a strike that grounded hundreds of flights in Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
One of the flight attendants enters the cockpit to find out how serious the situation is.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
