# steward

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈst͡ʃuː.əd/ · frequency rank #16,139

## Definitions
1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
2. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
3. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
4. A flight attendant, especially male.
5. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
6. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
7. Someone responsible for organizing an event
8. A bartender.
9. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
10. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
11. An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
12. A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
13. Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
14. A person who is responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and determining whether or not fines or penalties should be issued for such incidents.
15. A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steward-vs-stewed)
- **Stewart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steward-vs-stewart)
- **stead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stead-vs-steward)
- **Seward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seward-vs-steward)
- **skyward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skyward-vs-steward)

## Common misspellings (11)
`setward`, `ssteward`, `steawrd`, `stewadr`, `stewardd`, `stewarrd`, `stewrad`, `stewward`, `stteward`, `stweard`, `tseward`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/steward