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steward
[ stoo-erd, styoo- ]
noun
- a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- a person who has charge of the household of another, buying or obtaining food, directing the servants, etc.
- an employee who has charge of the table, wine, servants, etc., in a club, restaurant, or the like.
- a person who attends to the domestic concerns of persons on board a vessel, as in overseeing maids and waiters.
- an employee on a ship, train, or bus who waits on and is responsible for the comfort of passengers, takes orders for or distributes food, etc.
- a flight attendant.
- a person appointed by an organization or group to supervise the affairs of that group at certain functions.
- U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of officer's quarters and mess.
verb (used with object)
- to act as steward of; manage.
verb (used without object)
- to act or serve as steward.
steward
/ ˈ²õ³ÙÂáÊŠÉ™»å /
noun
- a person who administers the property, house, finances, etc, of another
- a person who manages the eating arrangements, staff, or service at a club, hotel, etc
- a person who attends to passengers on an aircraft, ship or train
- a mess attendant in a naval mess afloat or ashore
- a person who helps to supervise some event or proceedings in an official capacity
- short for shop steward
verb
- to act or serve as a steward (of something)
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³Ù±ð·É²¹°ù»åËŒ²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ù±ð·Éa°ù»å·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·²õ³Ù±ð·Éa°ù»å noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of steward1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of steward1
Example Sentences
Tilly Cripwell, a student who has campaigned for the statue to be treated with more respect, criticised the idea of stewards as "short sighted and quite short term".
Mr Incredible's behaviour at Kelso was referred to the BHA by the stewards, who said he was "unruly" and appeared to pull himself up after the 14th fence.
Three of the women worked for the late billionaire and former owner of Harrods as nannies and two as private air stewards between 1995 and 2012.
Escobar became a shop steward but didn’t think of getting more involved in labor leadership until the early 2000s, when drivers twice crashed into his idling fire truck.
"They've come around to really playing by the book, to be a good steward of processes... working with regulators to make sure what they deploy is safe."
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