flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

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The fasten-seatbelt sign was on and the flight attendants were performing final cabin checks when the plane suddenly dropped, then violently pitched back up. Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026 Hall pleaded guilty to the September 2000 rape and murder of Lynn Henneman, 38, a United Airlines flight attendant from New York who had an overnight layover in Boise. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026 The lawsuit stems from an November 2023 Uber ride when Dean, who was 19 at the time, was heading to her hotel after celebrating her upcoming graduation from flight attendant training at her boyfriend’s home in Arizona. Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 The union that represents American Airlines flight attendants said Monday its board of directors unanimously passed a no-confidence vote in airline CEO Robert Isom, the first such vote against an American Airlines CEO in the union's history. Briauna Brown, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight attendant

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First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flight attendant was in 1947

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“Flight attendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20attendant. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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flight attendant

noun
: a person who provides service to passengers on an airplane

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