Male
Female is stewardess
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A male steward, a female stewardess.
The gender noun for a male is steward; the gender noun for a female is stewardess. The noun stewardess has a limited use and many type of steward jobs are done by both males and females using the job description 'steward'. Airlines no longer use either term, they use the common gender noun 'flight attendant'.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun 'steward' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.
A proper noun for the common noun 'steward' is the name of a specific steward, the title of a specific steward, or for example, Steward Health Care System in Boston, MA or Steward Street in London, UK.
The male equivalent of a stewardess is a steward, although for airline flight crews, the genderless form is now "flight attendant."
Many times, if steward is used for a male, stewardess is the term used for a female. Airline personnel used to use the titles steward and stewardess for the positions now commonly titled flight attendants.
The correct answer is the gender inclusive: Steward. During the 1950's, airlines made up the word stewardess to indicate that women were a lesser lackey than stewards. Hostesses and Hosts, the correct term is Hosts. The gender inclusive form is always correct and cannot be offensive. I would use Attendant. When a professional description: Farmer, Manager, Teacher, Doctor, Nurse, etc. is referred to generally it is always proper to use a non-specific gender related term.
There isn't a gender word for teacher, as teacher is applicable to both male and female. Gender words are less used nowadays (waiter, waitress, steward, stewardess, host, hostess, etc.) are likely to be considered sexist.
What is a cabin steward?
What is a cabin steward?
The cast of Steward - 2009 includes: Adam Key as Steward
The plural of words which end in ~ess is always ~esses, so stewardess becomes stewardesses. However it should be noted that there is a growing trend away from words which define the gender of the person and that steward (plural: stewards) - applied to both male and female - is increasignly common. This mirrors the move away from actress to actor.