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s | steward |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun steward is

, a variant of stewart.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    steward

    English

    (wikipedia steward)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  • A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards , carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively'' a male flight attendant. ''Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.
  • A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
  • A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals.
  • A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
  • :
  • 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.
  • In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
  • :(Erskine)
  • In information technology, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

    • Synonyms

    * (union member) (l) * (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * shop steward * stewardly * stewardry * understeward

    Hyponyms

    * stewardess

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 1, author=Richard G. Jones, title=An Acting Governor’s Balancing Act: Taking the Lead Without Stepping on Toes, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.”}}

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