steward
/ˈstu.ɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
noun
A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
noun
noun
A bartender.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "a steward in a Methodist church"
- "These lands must have been retained by some earlier Steward, perhaps Walter II (1204-41), when most of Erskine had been made into a fief for Henry, first known ancestor of the Erskine family."
- "Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.”"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: steward, stiġweard
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstu.ɚd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.