Steward

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: stew=ard

CIDE DICTIONARY

Steward, n. [OE. stiward, AS. stīweard, stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden, guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to the domestic animals. √164. See Sty pen for swine, Ward.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Worthy to be stewards of rent and land."  [1913 Webster]

  "They came near to the steward of Joseph's house."  [1913 Webster]

  "As good stewards of the manifold grace of God."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.  Erskine.  [1913 Webster]

Lord high steward, formerly, the first officer of the crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.]

Steward, v. t. 

 To manage as a steward.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Steward, n. & v.
1 a passengers' attendant on a ship or aircraft or train.
2 an official appointed to keep order or supervise arrangements at a meeting or show or demonstration etc.
3 = shop steward.
4 a person responsible for supplies of food etc. for a college or club etc.
5 a person employed to manage another's property.
6 Brit. the title of several officers of State or the royal household (Lord High Steward).
--v.tr. act as a steward of (will steward the meeting).

Derivative

stewardship n.

Etymology

OE stiweard f. stig prob. = house, hall + weard WARD

THESAURUS

Steward

Federal, Ganymede, Hebe, MC, accountant, aerial photographer, agent, air warden, aircrew, aircrewman, airline hostess, airline stewardess, amanuensis, attendant, attorney, auditor, avigator, baggage agent, bailiff, bakehead, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, belly gunner, black gang, boilerman, bombardier, bookkeeper, bootblack, boots, bungs, bursar, business agent, butler, cabin boy, caddie, care for, caretaker, cashier, cashkeeper, castellan, caterer, chamberlain, chandler, chips, chore boy, claim agent, clerk, commercial agent, commissariat, commissary, commissary steward, commission agent, complement, comptroller, conservator, consignee, contend with, controller, cope with, copyboy, crew, crew chief, croupier, cupbearer, curator, custodian, customer agent, deal with, deckhand, deckie, depositary, depository, do with, donor, dupe, emcee, errand boy, errand girl, factor, fed, federal agent, financial officer, fireman, flight attendant, flight crew, footboy, forest ranger, freight agent, functionary, furnisher, game warden, gamekeeper, general agent, gofer, governor, guardian, guardian angel, gun loader, gunner, hand, handle, hospital steward, hostess, house steward, housekeeper, implement, instrument, insurance agent, janitor, keeper, land agent, landing signalman, landreeve, law agent, librarian, lifeguard, lifesaver, liquidator, literary agent, loan agent, machine gunner, mail orderly, majordomo, manage, manciple, master of ceremonies, merchant, meteorologist, navigator, news agent, next friend, office boy, office girl, official, oiler, orderly, page, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, patron, paymaster, press agent, prochein ami, proctor, procurator, provider, provisioner, puppet, purchasing agent, purse bearer, purser, purveyor, quartermaster, radio operator, ranger, real estate agent, receiver, retailer, roustabout, sales agent, secretary, seneschal, shepherd, snip, snips, sparks, special agent, squire, station agent, stewardess, stock clerk, stoker, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, tender, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, torpedoman, trainbearer, travel agent, treasurer, treat, trustee, use, usher, victualer, vivandier, walking delegate, warden, warder, watch, yeoman

ROGET THESAURUS

Steward

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

Treasurer

N treasurer, bursar, bursary, purser, purse bearer, cash keeper, banker, depositary, questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller, cambist, money changer, financier, Secretary of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.