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US
/ˈstuɝd/
]
[ UK /stjˈuːəd/ ]
[ UK /stjˈuːəd/ ]
NOUN
- someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
- one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
- an attendant on an airplane
- the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
How To Use steward In A Sentence
- Stewards held back furious fans, and security personnel had to duck as objects seemed to be thrown. Times, Sunday Times
- There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
- For example, the institute's Mountain Stewards coach national forest visitors on the fine points of low-impact recreation and camping.
- As the endlessly sweet but slightly pinheaded stewardess-to-be Donna, She is yum-yum-yummy in a procession of miniskirts, bikinis, halter tops and other wardrobe choices that make the most of her lithe legginess.
- One section will be on what I call stewardship, which is on the role and responsibility of the presidency, what they believe about the constitution, about the role of America. CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2008
- When we gave Eli his big contract, we needed him to go from above-average/pretty good to very good, and to make the leap from a steward of a good offense to someone who could carry the offense by himself. Greg Hanlon: Ungiantlike: Eagles 45 - Giants 38
- AN air steward who planted a bomb hoax note on a plane was jailed for 18 months yesterday. The Sun
- Modern Hopis and Navajos parade as hoary traditionalists, rightful stewards by ancestral occupance.
- The stewardess came down the aisle, a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration.
- Three cars forward the steward unlocks the kitchen, the pantryman begins to prepare bread and muffins, and Ashby's Tavern awakens for breakfast.