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stew⋅ard

  [stoo-erd, styoo-]
–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.
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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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Word Origin & History

steward 
O.E. stiward, stigweard "house guardian," from stig "hall, pen" + weard "guard." Used after the Conquest as the equivalent of O.Fr. seneschal (q.v.). The sense of "officer on a ship in charge of provisions and meals" is first recorded c.1450; extended to trains 1906. Stewardess "female attendant on passenger aircraft" first attested 1931; used of ships (where she waited on the female passengers) from 1837. This was the title of a class of high officers of the state in early England and Scotland, hence meaning "one who manages affairs of an estate on behalf of his employer" (c.1386). Meaning "overseer of workmen" is attested from c.1300. The Scottish form is reflected in Stewart, name of the royal house, from Walter (the) Steward, who married (1315) Marjorie de Bruce, daughter of King Robert. The terminal -t is a Scottish form (c.1370). Stuart is a Fr. spelling, attested from 1429 and adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: stew·ard
Function: noun
: SHOP STEWARD
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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