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STEWARD
custodian, keeper, steward
(noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
steward
(noun) someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
steward, flight attendant
(noun) an attendant on an airplane
steward
(noun) the ship’s officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Steward
An English surname, a variant of Stewart.
Anagrams
• drawest, strawed, swarted, wardest
Etymology
Noun
steward
A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity, particularly (historical) the chief administrator of a medieval manor.
A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
A flight attendant, (chiefly) a male flight attendant.
A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals.
A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
In information technology, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
Usage notes
With regard to airlines, steward is usually distinguished from the more common and exclusively feminine stewardess in colloquial speech, while the gender-neutral flight attendant is usually preferred to both in formal contexts. For the sake of brevity, steward is sometimes treated as a gender-neutral term itself and applied to both male and female flight attendants.
Synonyms
• (medieval overseer): bailiff, provost
• (member of a flight crew): air steward, airline steward; see also flight attendant
• (union member): shop steward
• (person in charge of buildings, grounds, etc.): caretaker, custodian, keeper; groundskeeper (of estates)
Hyponyms
• (member of a flight crew) See flight attendant
Verb
steward (third-person singular simple present stewards, present participle stewarding, simple past and past participle stewarded)
To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
Anagrams
• drawest, strawed, swarted, wardest
Source: Wiktionary
Stew"ard, n. Etym: [OE. stiward, AS. stiweard, stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden, guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to the domestic animals. *164. See Sty pen for swine, Ward.]
1. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. Chaucer. They came near to the steward of Joseph's house. Gen. xliii. 19. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Pet. iv. 10.
2. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
3. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
4. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
5. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands. Erskine. Lord high steward, formerly, the first officer of the crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.]
Stew"ard, v. t.
Definition: To manage as a steward. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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