steward
IPA: stˈuɝd
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.
- 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 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.
- An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
- A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.
verb
- To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
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Examples of "steward" in Sentences
- He wanted to be a steward.
- Elcmar was the steward of the Dagda.
- The high steward was chosen by the lord.
- This article is about the Steward of the flight.
- He became the Steward of the Borough of Southwark.
- The high steward was chosen by the lord of the manor.
- In Denmark, it was replaced by the Steward of the realm.
- This novel tells of the misfortunes of the narrator and his steward Pedro.
- The boat also includes an onboard gourmet chef and stewards and stewardesses.
- After some misadventures, he is appointed steward of the Golden House by Titus.
- A steward is respectful of his charge and does not abuse it or use it wastefully.
- The steward is almost smiling: just take the money, and do not bring your favorite car to school.
- The word steward comes from the ancient biblical word "sty word" which meant keeper of the barnyard.
- A steward is a person entrusted with the care and use of something that does not belong to him or her.
- They were looked after by their cabin steward, who also fought on-deck boxing matches to entertain passengers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.