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Zephyrette.

An on-board hostess on the California Zephyr train, which originally operated between 1949 and 1970.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌzɛfəˈɹɛt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈzɛfə(ˌ)ɹɛt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. An on-board hostess on the California Zephyr train, which originally operated between 1949 and 1970.

    historical
  2. A lightweight print fabric used for women's dresses.

Where this word comes from

From zephyr (“light wind from the west”) + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning the female equivalent of something). Zephyr is derived from Latin zephyrus, Zephyrus (“personification of the west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφῠρος (Zéphŭros, “personification of the west wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ- (“to enter, penetrate; to copulate”). Sense 1 (“on-board hostess”) is derived from the California Zephyr train.

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