steward English · revision 1000

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈstjuː.əd/ ''(UK)''; /ˈstu.ɚd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|steward]], [[inh|ang|stīweard]], ''stigweard'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[af|ang|stig|weard|t1=hall, house; sty|t2=guard, keeper]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The first element is related to [[sty]], but the OED finds no grounds for supposing that the word originally meant “keeper of a pigsty”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An official who controls the domestic affairs of a household, supervising servants and the master's table (c. 1000).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ After the Norman Conquest the word was used as the equivalent of French ''seneschal'' and became the title of high officers of state in England and Scotland;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) the Scottish form ''Stewart'' gave the name of the royal house.^(Etymonline) A ship's officer in charge of provisions and meals was a steward from about 1450,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and the term was extended to trains (1906) and aircraft.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) A person who supervises the arrangements at a meeting or event is recorded from 1703.^(Etymonline) The verb, “to manage”, dates from 1621.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – the manager of a household.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c. 1450 – a ship's officer in charge of provisions.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1621 – verb, to manage.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1631 – ''stewardess''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1703 – one who supervises arrangements at an event.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1906 – an attendant on a train.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who manages another's property, finances or affairs.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel or institution.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A ship's officer in charge of provisions and dining; also, an attendant on a ship, plane or train.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[shop steward]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To act as steward of; to manage.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stewardship]]

+ * [[shop steward]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sty]]

+ * [[ward]]

+ * [[seneschal]]

+ * [[stewardess]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}