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steward

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Noun

  1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  2. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity: A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
  3. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  4. A flight attendant, especially male.
  5. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
  6. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
  7. Someone responsible for organizing an event
  8. A bartender.
  9. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
  10. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
  11. An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
  12. A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
  13. Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
  14. 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.
  15. A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.

Verb

  1. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
  2. A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.

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