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# A fiscal agent of certain bodies. #: ''a '''steward''' in a Methodist church'' # 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
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# A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management. [syn: [[shop steward]]]
# A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management. [syn: [[shop steward]]]
# A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals. [syn: [[custodian]], [[keeper]]]
# A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals. [syn: [[custodian]], [[keeper]]]
# A [[fiscal]] [[agent]] of certain bodies.
#: ''a '''steward''' in a Methodist church''
# In some [[college]]s, an [[officer]] who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
# In [[Scotland]], a [[magistrate]] appointed by the crown to exercise [[jurisdiction]] over royal lands.
#: {{rfquotek|Erskine}}
# In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
# In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.


Revision as of 21:16, 11 July 2013

See also: Steward

English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) stīweard, (deprecated template usage) stīġweard, from (deprecated template usage) stīġ in the sense house, hall + (deprecated template usage) weard.[1][2] Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) stívarður. More at sty, ward.

Pronunciation

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Noun

steward (plural stewards)

  1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  2. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  3. A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively a male flight attendant. Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.
  4. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management. [syn: shop steward]
  5. A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals. [syn: custodian, keeper]
  6. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
    a steward in a Methodist church
  7. 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.
  8. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
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  9. In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

Translations

Derived terms

Hyponyms

Verb

steward (third-person singular simple present stewards, present participle stewarding, simple past and past participle stewarded)

  1. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Anagrams

References

  1. ^ American Heritage Dictionary
  2. ^ Oxford Online Dictionary

French

Etymology

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Noun

steward m (plural stewards)

  1. steward
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