Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
- noun One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
- noun A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
- noun An attendant on a ship or airplane.
- noun An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.
- noun A shop steward.
- noun A wine steward.
- intransitive & transitive verb To serve as a steward or as the steward of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To manage as a steward.
- noun One who has charge of the household or estate of another; a majordomo; especially, a person employed in a court, household, or important domestic establishment of any kind to superintend financial affairs, as by keeping accounts, collecting rents or other revenue, or disbursing money for household expenses.
- noun An officer or retainer appointed to perform duties similar to those mentioned above; especially, a person appointed to provide and distribute food and all the requisites of the table; a purveyor.
- noun Figuratively, a manager; especially, one who controls expenditure; a disburser.
- noun Formerly, in the English gilds, one of the officers in charge of the finances of the society; also, a corresponding functionary in municipal affairs.
- noun In the early church, same as
econome or æconomus. - noun A fiscal agent of certain bodies; specifically, in the Methodist Church, an officer having charge of the finances and certain other material interests of the church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To manage as a steward.
- noun 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.
- noun 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 , wardroomsteward , steeragesteward , warrant officerssteward , etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge. - noun A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
- noun 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.
- noun In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
- noun [Eng.] formerly, the first officer of the crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
- noun A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
- noun A
flight attendant , especially but not exclusively a male flight attendant. Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc. - noun In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
- verb To act as the steward or
caretaker of (something)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an attendant on an airplane
- noun a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
- noun someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
- noun the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word steward comes from the ancient biblical word "sty word" which meant keeper of the barnyard.
The Federal Budget 1996
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Search crews have recovered the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil.
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A steward is respectful of his charge and does not abuse it or use it wastefully.
Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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While you're at dinner, your cabin steward will prep your stateroom for your slumber, turning down your sheets and leaving a chocolate for you.
April 9th, 2007 ceciliatan 2007
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The steward is almost smiling: just take the money, and do not bring your favorite car to school.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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The steward is almost smiling: just take the money, and do not bring your favorite car to school.
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The ship was the RMS Rangitata and the Edens 'cabin steward was John Prescott, who sometimes fought on-deck boxing matches for the entertainment of the passengers, sometimes won them, and sometimes was presented with his prize (beer or wine) by the ex-prime minister or his wife.
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They were looked after by their cabin steward, who also fought on-deck boxing matches to entertain passengers.
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A steward is a person entrusted with the care and use of something that does not belong to him or her.
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The peasants whose cottages were burnt came round him wailing; he promised to help them and gave orders, and then he called his steward again and took it back.
A Raw Youth 2003
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