steward

CEFRB2

/ˈstjuː.əːd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who looks after passengers or guests.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

Examples

  • Fear no more the boss's bark, nor all the union steward's rages.

  • You are the steward of your own destiny.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈstjʊu̯.əːd]
  • [ˈstʊu̯.ɚd] ~ [ˈstʊu̯.ɹ̩d]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.

  2. A chief administrator of a medieval manor.

  3. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.

More examples

In context

  • "Here you are," the steward says.

  • a steward in a Methodist church

  • The gay Kibbutzniks I met were all ex-Kibbutzniks who were curretly holding jobs as El-Al stewards or in some similarly classic gay professions.

Synonyms

Quick test

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On the ship, the blank checked passengers' tickets and cleaned the rooms.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stiġweard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from stiġ (“a wooden enclosure; house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty + ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.