steward

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
2. (historical) A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
3. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
4. A flight attendant, especially male.
5. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
6. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
7. Someone responsible for organizing an event
8. A bartender.
9. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
10. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
11. An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
12. (Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
13. Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
14. 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.
15. A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.

Verb

To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Synonyms

butler

flight attendant

manager

attendant

housekeeper

stewardess

custodian

supervisor

land agent

shop steward

waiter

footman

bailiff

bursar

chamberlain

curator

administrator

groom

intendant

keeper

overseer

proctor

seneschal

stableman

superintendent

valet

commissary

room clerk

invigilator

janitor

cabin attendant

looker

majordomo

char

manservant

monitor

organizer

house-keeper

pilot

🧑‍✈️

planner

porter

Lord High Steward

purser

quartermaster

receptionist

reeve

saver

saving

manager of a household

server

Translations

steward

Steward

αεροσυνοδός

steward

meier

οικονόμος

comissário de bordo

opzichter

camarero

intendant

επιστάτης

intendant

Truchsess

Haushofmeister

Kellner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstjuː.əd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: steward

Inherited from Old English: stīweard

Cognate with Icelandic: stívarður

In summary

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.