steward

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

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

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.

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.

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

To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

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.”

An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.

A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.