steward

Meaning of steward

noun
  1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity, particularly the chief administrator of a medieval manor.
  2. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  3. A flight attendant, a male flight attendant.
  4. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
  5. A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals.
  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.
  9. In information technology, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

verb

To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Information about steward

Hyphenation of steward

stew-ard

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • steward is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

steward synonyms

Meaning custodian:

custodian, keeper

Meaning :

bailiff, provost, caretaker, groundskeeper

Translation of steward

Anagrams of steward

strawed, warsted, wrasted

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