STEWARD
\stjˈuːəd], \stjˈuːəd], \s_t_j_ˈuː_ə_d]\
Definitions of STEWARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
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someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
By Princeton University
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a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
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someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
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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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In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
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To manage as a steward.
By Oddity Software
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Stewardess.
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A person managing the estate or affairs of another.
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A man having charge of provisions, etc., on board ship.
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Stewardship.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who manages the domestic concerns of a family or institution: one who superintends another's affairs, esp. an estate or farm: the manager of the provision department, etc., at sea.
By Daniel Lyons
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One who manages the concerns of a large estate or a great family, superintending the servants, collecting the rents, making the accounts, &c.; an officer of state; an officer in a college who provides food for the students and superintends the concerns of the kitchen; an officer in a ship who supplies the crew or passengers with food or refreshment.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who manages the affairs of a landed estate; one who regulates the domestic concerns of a great family; a director of a public dinner, a charitable festival, and such like; an officer of the royal household, called the Lord Steward; in a large ship, the person who superintends the meals, &c.; a manager; in Scrip., a minister of Christ.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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