steward
noun/ˈstjuːəd/
/ˈstuːərd/
- a person whose job is to take care of passengers on a ship, an aircraft or a train and who brings them meals, etc.
- a ship’s steward
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- senior
- air
- …
- act as
- elect (somebody)
- steward’s enquiry
- steward to
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- a person who helps at a large public event, for example a race or public meeting, by keeping order, showing people where to go, etc.
- The race stewards will investigate the incident.
- a steward's enquiry into Goodman's victory
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- senior
- air
- …
- act as
- elect (somebody)
- steward’s enquiry
- steward to
- a person whose job is to arrange for the supply of food to a college, club, etc. see also shop steward
- a person employed to manage another person’s property, especially a large house or land
- Moore was acting as steward to Fleming.
- a person whose responsibility it is to take care of something
- Farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside.
- (figurative) a faithful steward of God's word
Word OriginOld English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’.
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