A femaleflight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
A woman who works athousekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.
1888 September, Henry James, “The Patagonia”, inThe English Illustrated Magazine, volume 5, page782:
She usually rang for thestewardess early, but this morning of course there had been no ring. Thestewardess had gone in all the same about eight o'clock and found the cabin empty.
1905,The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review - Volume 35, page296:
Certainly astewardess who may have fifty or even a hundred passengers to look after cannot give much attention to nursing, even if she knows how.
1997, Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham,Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Violet Jessop who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters, page195:
He regarded the tray with apprehension, then with dismay as thestewardess said: "She's just rung for breakfast in bed, going to stay there all day as she feels a cold coming."
2013, Julie Perry,The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess:
I came into the industry as a chef with restaurant and catering experience but no real understanding of what the whole role of "stewardess" entailed on board.
1898, Luise Mühlbach,The Reign of the Great Elector, page105:
Thestewardess, principal inspector of the cow stable and the butter establishment, was indeed with the young lady, who had just entered the yard.
1957,Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine - Volumes 43-44, page15:
The occasion – the very first trip of astewardess on Capitol, eastbound B & O[…]
1968,Daily Labor Report, page 4:
Arbitrator John Day Larkin upholds the discharge of a female employee who had a fight with a unionstewardess on a company parking lot.
1971, New Zealand. Department of Labour,Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the Apprentices Act, the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, and Other Industrial Legislation for the Year 1970, page3860:
On the transfer of any hostess orstewardess from one permanent base to another, the employer shall pay the expenses properly incurred by the hostess orstewardess for the removal of her dependants, her furniture, and personal effects, such expenses to be mutually agreed upon.
2013, Tanith Lee,A Heroine of the World:
The kitchenstewardess says madam sits there glaring at the paper on the wall.
