Definition of: steward

(st′ərd, sty′-) noun
1. A person entrusted with the management of estates or affairs not his own; an administrator.
2. A person put in charge of the domestic affairs of an establishment.
3. On shipboard, a petty officer in charge of the service of provisions, or a man who waits on table and takes care of passengers' rooms.
4. Brit. A fiscal officer in certain ancient guilds. [OE stīweard <stī hall, sty + weard ward, keeper]
—stew′ard·ess noun fem.
—stew′ard·ship noun