steward
Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.əːd/
The English word “steward” has 16 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
- A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
- 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, or animals.
- Someone responsible for organizing an event
- A bartender.
- A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
- A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
- An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
- A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
- Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
- A person who is responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and determining whether or not fines or penalties should be issued for such incidents.
- A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stiġweard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from stiġ (“a wooden enclosure; house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty + ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.
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