stewards

Meaning of stewards

plural noun
  1. a person employed to look after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train.
  2. a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution.
  3. an official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a race, match, or demonstration.
  4. short for shop steward.
  5. a person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event).
    the event was organized and stewarded properly
  2. manage or look after (another's property).
    security is found in reparticipating in community and stewarding nature

Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’. The verb dates from the early 17th century.

Information about stewards

  • The singular form of stewards is: steward.
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Hyphenation of stewards

stew-ards

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • stewards is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stewards synonyms

Meaning a woman employed to look after the passengers on a ship or aircraft:

stewardess

Meaning a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan:

stew

Meaning the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house:

seneschal

Meaning a person in charge of buying provisions for a college, an Inn of Court, or a monastery:

manciple

Meaning the chief manservant of a house:

butler

Meaning a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department:

official

Meaning an officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries:

marshal

Meaning a person who arranges an event or activity:

organizer

Meaning a person who acts on behalf of another person or group:

agent

Meaning a person who supervises others, especially workers:

overseer

Meaning a person who has responsibility for taking care of or protecting something:

custodian

Meaning a person employed to look after a building:

caretaker

Meaning a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests:

bailiff

Meaning a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result:

factor

Meaning a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England:

reeve

Words that rhyme with stewards

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