steward

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The amazement which seized the marquis when he heard that his steward was the confidant of Franchet, was only natural; that Simon would make a good spy, Fougereuse knew very well.

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  1. noun One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
  2. noun One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
  3. noun A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
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  • Sensitized by the kid's remarks of the previous evening, Cliff noticed that the steward was a Mediterranean immigrant of some sort--Italian, Greek; recent enough to retain a heavy accent--where before the War, the job almost certainly would have been done by a colored fellow. —  FSF,June2006
  • I wish we could, but no way How did you learn this craft Believe it or not, our steward was my mentor, beginning when I was a kid. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_16_The_Cat_Who_Came_To_Breakfast
  • Then the steward was there holding his white staff, with the fat bailiff in tow ; she let the tambourine fall silent along with the fiddle. —  Map.html
  • "During this a steward was assaulted and was taken to hospital."
  • The amazement which seized the marquis when he heard that his steward was the confidant of Franchet, was only natural; that Simon would make a good spy, Fougereuse knew very well Go on," he softly said, when Simon paused Thanks to the superintendent's confidence in me," said Simon, "I am able to secure a much more influential position at court for Monsieur le Marquis than he has at present And how are you going to perform the miracle?" —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II
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  1. Middle English, from Old English stigweard, stīward : stig, stī, hall + weard, keeper; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English steward, stewarde, stewerd, stewerde, stuward, stuard (also Stewart, stuart, as in the surname Stewart, Stuart; Anglo-French estuard), earlier stiward, styward, from Anglo-Saxon stīgweard, later stīweard (later Icelandic stīvardhr), a steward, from stīgu, stīgo, a sty. pen for cattle, + weard, a ward: see sty and ward. Cf. Anglo-Saxon stīgwita, stīwita, a steward, from stīgu, stīgo, a sty, + wita, an officer, adviser.
 

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