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steward

noun

  1. type of servant
  2. shop steward
  3. a fiscal agent
  4. an employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers
  5. one appointed to supervise the provision and distribution of food and drink in an institution
  6. one who actively directs affairs : manager
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verb

  1. to act as a steward for : manage
  2. to perform the duties of a steward
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.əːd/ / [ˈstjʊu̯.əːd] / /ˈst͡ʃuː.əd/

name

Etymology: From steward.

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
  2. A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  2. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  3. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

    “There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.”

  4. A flight attendant, especially male.

    “The gay Kibbutzniks I met were all ex-Kibbutzniks who were curretly holding jobs as El-Al stewards or in some similarly classic gay professions.”

  5. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
  6. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
  7. Someone responsible for organizing an event
  8. A bartender.
  9. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.

    “a steward in a Methodist church”

  10. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
  11. An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
  12. A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

    “These lands must have been retained by some earlier Steward, perhaps Walter II (1204-41), when most of Erskine had been made into a fief for Henry, first known ancestor of the Erskine family.”

  13. Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
  14. A person who is responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and determining whether or not fines or penalties should be issued for such incidents.
  15. A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.

verb

Etymology: 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.

  1. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

    “Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.””