under-steward

After being let out to a steamer as an under-steward, William was hired by James Walker, a slave-trader.

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life 1953

There was an under-steward whose business it was to supply the plates; also two helpers.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

No pay-clerk lost his salary, though his labour was diminished by one-fifth; no check-clerk was dismissed, though there were twenty per cent. fewer to check; no steward or under-steward was displaced.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

An under-steward assisted in the presentation of the viands, another manipulated dishes in the hidden precincts of the pantry.

Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

It appeared that the under-steward had just returned from a marketing tour in Hunston, had met Mr. Maginnis on the street, and been ordered to take back the parcel to Mr. Varney.

Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

He came out of nowhere with a single ship and less than a score of attendants -- to be precise, two officers, a priest, a secretary, a major-domo, an under-steward, a cook, three Tunisian slaves, and six lackeys.

Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Sir Nigel and his lady walked on in deep talk, while a fat under-steward took charge of the three comrades, and led them to the buttery, where beef, bread, and beer were kept ever in readiness for the wayfarer.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Sir Nigel and his lady walked on in deep talk, while a fat under-steward took charge of the three comrades, and led them to the buttery, where beef, bread, and beer were kept ever in readiness for the wayfarer.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Sir Nigel and his lady walked on in deep talk, while a fat under-steward took charge of the three comrades, and led them to the buttery, where beef, bread, and beer were kept ever in readiness for the wayfarer.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Their countenances, as they took their seats under the foremanship of a man whom Copplestone already knew as Chatfield's under-steward, showed plainly that they regarded the whole thing as a necessary formality and that they were already prepared with a verdict.

Scarhaven Keep 1899