Other forms: stewardesses
A stewardess is a woman who looks after passengers on an aircraft. Ask the stewardess.
The word is now old-fashioned, and cabin crew or flight attendant is used instead. The job of a stewardess was once restricted by height, weight and marital status, which is why the name changed.
1nounstewardessA woman who looks after passengers on an aircraft.
“She worked as a stewardess for a decade before the airline folded.”
stewardess is a worker.
Old English
stiġweard — steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian
Middle English
steward
English
steward
English, today
stewardess
Built from
From steward + -ess. steward comes from Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stiġweard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from stiġ (“a wooden enclosure; house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty + ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA