Steward
['stjuːəd] or ['stuɚd]
Definition
(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.
Edited by Blair--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Major-domo.[2]. Manciple.
Editor: Maynard
Definition
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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Examples
- I will be your faithful steward, I said; I trust at your coming the account will be ready. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It expresses, as it were, the steward of the legal mysteries, the butler of the legal cellar, of the Dedlocks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sailor with the black beard got out, and spoke to the steward of the Rotterdam steamboat, which was to start next morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sir Pitt lived in private, and boozed nightly with Horrocks, his butler or house-steward (as he now began to be called), and the abandoned Ribbons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The lord steward and lord chamberlain looked after the expense of his family. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I deemed myself the steward of his property, and determined, God willing, to render a good account. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Defoe could not think that God Almighty had made women so glorious, with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men, and all to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And as for stewarding, I think it's time my brother gave that up, and took his House in hand on his sister's retiring. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Nellie