Steward

Quick meaning: Steward is a noun meaning A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.

Meaning

A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
2. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
3. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
4. Someone responsible for organizing an event
5. A bartender.
6. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
7. (dated) A flight attendant, especially male.

Example Sentences

a steward in a Methodist church

The gay Kibbutzniks I met were all ex-Kibbutzniks who were curretly holding jobs as El-Al stewards or in some similarly classic gay professions.

Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.”

These lands must have been retained by some earlier Steward, perhaps Walter II (1204-41), when most of Erskine had been made into a fief for Henry, first known ancestor of the Erskine family.

Word Forms

• stewards
• stewarding
• stewarded

Synonyms for steward

Depending on context, synonyms include bailiff, provost, caretaker, custodian, keeper, groundskeeper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include custodian, keeper, stewardship, superintendent, caretaker, manager.

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