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stewards definition and meaning

n. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
n. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
n. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
n. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
n. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
v. t. To manage as a steward.

Crossword clues for stewards

- Cabin attendant on a ship
- Confused star wed flight attendant
- Flight attendant
- Racetrack official
- Racing supervisor
- Ship’s waiter
- Union official
- Waiter on a ship
- Aircraft attendants
- butlers
- Cruise-ship waiters
- Custodians
- Race officials
- Set out hospital rooms for race officials
- St Edwards lost 500 to aircraft waiters