From Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stīweard, stiġweard ("steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian"), from stiġ + weard, equivalent to sty + ward.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈstjuː.əd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈstuɚd/

1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity
   1. (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
2. (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC ↗:

     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.

3. A flight attendant, especially male.
4. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
5. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds and/or animals.
6. Someone responsible for organizing an event
7. Bartender
8. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.

   a steward in a Methodist church

9. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
10. (higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
11. (Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
12. (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.
13. (motor racing) Person responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and whether or not fines/penalties should be issued for such incidents.

• (medieval overseer) bailiff, provost
• (member of a flight crew) air steward, airline steward; see also flight attendant or cabin crew
• (union member) shop steward
• (person in charge of buildings, grounds, etc.) caretaker, custodian, keeper; groundskeeper (of estates)

• French: intendant
• German: Verwalter
• Portuguese: intendente, procurador, mordomo
• Spanish: administrador, gestor, representante, apoderado

• Italian: amministratore, supervisore
• Russian: управля́ющий

• Portuguese: assistente
• Russian: стю́ард
• Spanish: mozo

• Portuguese: zelador

steward (stewards, present participle stewarding; simple past and past participle stewarded)

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

From steward.

1. Surname, a variant of Stewart.
2. A village in Lee County, Illinois.