stewards

Noun

steward (plural stewards)

1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
   1. (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
2. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
   • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
3. (dated) A flight attendant, especially male.
   • 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.1974 February 9, Joe, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 33, page 6
4. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.

   Synonyms:

   shop steward

5. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.

   Synonyms:

   caretaker, custodian, keeper, groundskeeper

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