steward
see also: Steward
Etymology
Steward
Etymology
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see also: Steward
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation Noun- A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity
- (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
(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.
- A flight attendant, especially male.
- A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
- A person who has charge of buildings, grounds
and/or animals. - Someone responsible for organizing an event
- Bartender
- A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
- a steward in a Methodist church
- A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
- (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.
- (Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
- (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.
- (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)
- To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
Steward
Etymology
From steward.
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