steward
noun
[ ˈstjuːəd ]
• a person employed to look after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train.
• a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution.
• an official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a race, match, or demonstration.
• short for shop steward.
• a person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
steward
verb
• (of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event).
• "the event was organized and stewarded properly"
• manage or look after (another's property).
• "security is found in reparticipating in community and stewarding nature"
Origin:
Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
