Steward

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
  • n. One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
  • n. A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
  • n. An attendant on a ship or airplane.
  • n. An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.
  • n. A shop steward.
  • n. A wine steward.
  • v. To serve as a steward or as the steward of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  • n. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  • n. A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively a male flight attendant. Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
  • n. 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.
  • n. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
  • v. To manage as a steward.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Figuratively, a manager; especially, one who controls expenditure; a disburser.
  • n. Formerly, in the English gilds, one of the officers in charge of the finances of the society; also, a corresponding functionary in municipal affairs.
  • n. In the early church, same as econome or æconomus.
  • n. 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.
  • To manage as a steward.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an attendant on an airplane
  • n. a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
  • n. someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
  • n. the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
  • n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
  • Verb Form
    stewarded    stewarding    stewards   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    purser   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Seward    skewered    stuard   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    secretary    butler    servant    chaplain    porter    attendant    treasurer    physician    adviser    housekeeper