steward

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
2. n. One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
3. n. A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
4. n. An attendant on a ship or airplane.
5. n. An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.
6. n. A shop steward.
7. n. A wine steward.
8. v. To serve as a steward or as the steward of.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who has charge of the household or estate of another; a majordomo; especially, a person employed in a court, household, or important domestic establishment of any kind to superintend financial affairs, as by keeping accounts, collecting rents or other revenue, or disbursing money for household expenses.
2. n. An officer or retainer appointed to perform duties similar to those mentioned above; especially, a person appointed to provide and distribute food and all the requisites of the table; a purveyor. In some British colleges, one who has charge of the commons.
3. n. Figuratively, a manager; especially, one who controls expenditure; a disburser.
4. n. Formerly, in the English gilds, one of the officers in charge of the finances of the society; also, a corresponding functionary in municipal affairs. The title is still given in English towns to magistrates varying in functions, authority, rank, etc. In this latter case it is usually qualified by some limiting word: as, the city steward of York; the land steward of Norwich; the town steward of Northampton; the lord high steward of Gloucester.
5. n. In the early church, same as econome or æconomus.
6. n. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; specifically, in the Methodist Church, an officer having charge of the finances and certain other material interests of the church.
7. To manage as a steward.

Wiktionary

1. n. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
2. n. A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
3. n. A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively a male flight attendant. Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.
4. n. In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
5. v. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
2. n. A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
3. n. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
4. n. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
5. n. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
6. v. obsolete To manage as a steward.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an attendant on an airplane
2. n. a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
3. n. someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
4. n. the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
5. n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals