stewardess

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At three bells the stewardess was allowed to slip away for just a little more chocolate, and, glancing furtively, fearfully about her, Pancha was aware of a dim masculine form seated not ten feet away.

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  1. noun A woman flight attendant. See Usage Note at -ess.

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  • First they would be burning up with fever, then they would be shivering with acute cold, so that the stewardess was borrowing coats from other passengers to pile over them The artificial fever was induced by swallowing a pill or so--one of a type perfected by Doc Savage, which his men always carried when going where they were in danger of malaria. —  077 - Merchants of Disaster
  • Magnus stopped to try out his Russian on the attractive young stewardess, the provodnitsa, working in this carriage. —  AHMM,March2006
  • The plane circled lower as the stewardess, still not looking at me, gave her little spiel about seatbelts and having a pleasant trip. —  Analog July, 1974
  • She wondered if she could call the stewardess' attention to the flame, but decided no one else was alarmed, so it must be normal. —  175 - The Pure Evil
  • It wouldn't hurt to ask, though Gail arose and moved back to the galley in the rear, where the stewardess was bending over a sheaf of reports. —  175 - The Pure Evil
 

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/ˈstjuərdɛs/
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