STEWARD

I. noun see: sty Date: before 12th century one employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns (as the supervision of servants, collection of rents, and keeping of accounts), shop ~ , a fiscal agent, 4. an employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers, one appointed to supervise the provision and distribution of food and drink in an institution, one who actively directs affairs ; manager , II. verb Date: 1621 transitive verb to act as a ~ for ; manage , intransitive verb to perform the duties of a ~