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stew⋅ard

  [stoo-erd, styoo-]
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–noun
1. a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
2. a person who has charge of the household of another, buying or obtaining food, directing the servants, etc.
3. an employee who has charge of the table, wine, servants, etc., in a club, restaurant, or the like.
4. a person who attends to the domestic concerns of persons on board a vessel, as in overseeing maids and waiters.
5. an employee on a ship, train, or bus who waits on and is responsible for the comfort of passengers, takes orders for or distributes food, etc.
6. a flight attendant.
7. a person appointed by an organization or group to supervise the affairs of that group at certain functions.
8. U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of officer's quarters and mess.
–verb (used with object)
9. to act as steward of; manage.
–verb (used without object)
10. to act or serve as steward.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE stīweard, stigweard, equiv. to stig- (sense uncert.; prob. “house, hall”; see sty 1 ) + weard ward2

Related forms:
stew⋅ard⋅ship, noun
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stew·ard   (stōō'ərd, styōō'-)   
n.  
  1. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
  2. One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
  3. A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
  4. An attendant on a ship or airplane.
  5. An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.
  6. A shop steward.
  7. A wine steward.
intr. & tr.v.   stew·ard·ed, stew·ard·ing, stew·ards
To serve as a steward or as the steward of.

[Middle English, from Old English stigweard, stīward : stig, stī, hall + weard, keeper; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]
stew'ard·ship' n.
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Stewardship

Stew"ard*ship\, n. The office of a steward. --Shak.
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