Sekirov Dictionary

steward

/ˈstu.ɚd/

noun 15
verb 1
forms 3

noun15

A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.
A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
Someone responsible for organizing an event
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(old-fashioned) A flight attendant, especially male.
- 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. — 1974
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.
(historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
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(Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
- 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. — 2001
A bartender.
A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.

verb1

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To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
- 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.” — 2007

forms

stewarded · stewarding · stewards

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