steward

Meanings

Plural: stewards

Noun

• someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
• the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
• an attendant on an airplane
• a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
• one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
• A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
• A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
• A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
• A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
• A flight attendant, especially male.
• A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
• A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
• Someone responsible for organizing an event
• A bartender.
• A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
• A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
• An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
• A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
• 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 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.

Verb

• To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Synonyms

air steward, airline steward, bailiff, cabin crew, caretaker, custodian, flight attendant, groundskeeper, keeper, provost, shop steward