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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a woman steward on an airplane [syn: stewardess, air hostess, hostess]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1631 a woman who performs the duties of a steward; especially one who attends passengers (as on an airplane)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a female steward, esp. on a ship or aircraft.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stewardess Stew"ard*ess, n. A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stewardesses) A stewardess is a woman who works on a ship, plane, or train, looking after passengers and serving meals to them. = air hostess N-COUNT

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