Steward

['stjuːəd] or ['stuɚd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else.

(noun.) an attendant on an airplane.

(noun.) the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.

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解釋/意思:

(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; as, a steward in a Methodist church.

(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. t.) To manage as a steward.

編輯:勒罗伊

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Major-domo.[2]. Manciple.

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解釋/意思:

n. one who manages the domestic concerns of a family or institution: one who superintends another's affairs esp. an estate or farm: the manager of the provision department &c. at sea: a manager at races games &c.: the treasurer of a congregation a guild or society &c.—ns. Stew′ardess a female steward: a female who waits on ladies on shipboard; Stew′ardship Stew′ardry office of a steward: management; Stew′artry (Scot.) a stewardship or the extent of a stewardship—still applied esp. to the county of Kirkcudbright.—Lord High Steward one of the great officers of state and anciently the first officer of the crown in England.

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