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Definition of Stewardess
1. Noun. A woman steward on an airplane.
Definition of Stewardess
1. n. A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
Definition of Stewardess
1. Noun. A female steward ¹
2. Noun. A female flight attendant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stewardess
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stewardess
Literary usage of Stewardess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Torts: Or the Wrongs which Arise Independently of by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, John Lewis (1907)
"The stewardess was Injured by the negligence of the carpenters and it was held
there was no liability. « Denver, etc., RR Co. v. Sipes, 23 Colo. ..."
2. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Shipping of Cotton at Bluffs.—Fossils collected at Landings.—Collision of Steamer
with the Boughs of Trees.—Story of a German Stewardess. ..."
3. Journal of Emily Shore by Emily Shore, Margaret Emily Shore, Louisa Shore, Arabella Shore (1891)
"stewardess to call me as soon as we were near the Needles. This she did before
one o'clock. Unfortunately, there was no moon, but I could distinguish the ..."
4. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1888)
"Meanwhile do thou, my clear little "wise young Stewardess,' continue to behave
thy bit of a self (for thou also art a self) with propriety; and expect thy ..."
5. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1894)
"... A Consoling Stewardess — Tea and Toast in a Stateroom — A Bed that Never Kept
Still — Lucid Intervals — Moving into a New Home — Arranging our ..."
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