1
: one employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns (such as the supervision of servants, collection of rents, and keeping of accounts)
2
3
: a fiscal agent
4
a
: an employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers
b
: one appointed to supervise the provision and distribution of food and drink in an institution
5
: one who actively directs affairs : manager
stewarded; stewarding; stewards
: to act as a steward for : manage
: to perform the duties of a steward
Synonyms
Examples of steward in a Sentence
Noun
the steward of their investments
teaching our children to be good stewards of the land
the steward of the estate
The race stewards are reviewing the results.
Verb
will steward the city's library programs
Recent Examples on the Web
David Pierce, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
Xi had undermined investor confidence; entrepreneurs no longer saw the government as a dependable steward of the economy.
—Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Few understand this more than Indigenous Americans, creators of the original Land Back movement, designed to reclaim and steward ancestral territories that were taken and encroached upon more than a century ago.
—Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
But Lesniak, the union steward, said that in a meeting Wednesday between social worker supervisors and department higher-ups, Wright acknowledged that many people in the department knew about the guidance on abuse interviews.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
First, because of Barry Diller being a great steward of that organization and being a stalwart and encouraging original reporting without fear or favor.
—Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
They will not be handed over peacefully to the stewards of some other system.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
It was born of a frustration with the stewards of the world economy and the behavior of large banks and financial institutions, whose reckless financial engineering set the stage for the meltdown.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
Crystal Bridges is also the steward of a structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Bachman-Wilson House, which was transported from its original home in New Jersey to Bentonville to become a key part of the museum’s collection.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
Thalia Beaty, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
For these institutions, part of the way forward now must be a return to civics and civic education to prepare the next generation to steward the American experiment.
—Justin Dyer, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
Sunday, the Orioles clinched their first playoff berth since 2016, the culmination of a rebuilding process that fully launched in the winter of 2018 when Mike Elias was brought in as executive vice president and general manager and hired Hyde as manager to steward a club designed to struggle.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
Kennedy helped steward the company’s IPO and now intends to focus on board service.
—Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
Intelligence agencies and the Pentagon currently steward this data, most of which is not public.
—Mary Magnuson, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
The traditional homeland of the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, the conservancy plans to partner with the tribe to help steward the land, restore its fish and wildlife, and provide free recreational opportunities to the public.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023
Culture and history:Indigenous people find legal, cultural barriers to protect sacred spaces off tribal lands
But the Havasupai have continued to fight for their ancestral lands and the right to steward them.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
Pueblo people have a continuing relationship with their ancestors and an obligation to steward them.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 20 July 2023
Noun
Automattic is a powerful, long-time advocate for open software, was an early investor in Beeper, and has a good reputation as a steward of its acquisitions.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024
Xi had undermined investor confidence; entrepreneurs no longer saw the government as a dependable steward of the economy.
—Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Few understand this more than Indigenous Americans, creators of the original Land Back movement, designed to reclaim and steward ancestral territories that were taken and encroached upon more than a century ago.
—Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
But Lesniak, the union steward, said that in a meeting Wednesday between social worker supervisors and department higher-ups, Wright acknowledged that many people in the department knew about the guidance on abuse interviews.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
First, because of Barry Diller being a great steward of that organization and being a stalwart and encouraging original reporting without fear or favor.
—Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
They will not be handed over peacefully to the stewards of some other system.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
It was born of a frustration with the stewards of the world economy and the behavior of large banks and financial institutions, whose reckless financial engineering set the stage for the meltdown.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
Crystal Bridges is also the steward of a structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Bachman-Wilson House, which was transported from its original home in New Jersey to Bentonville to become a key part of the museum’s collection.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
Verb
In partnership with the nonprofit Park County Environmental Council, Spang-Willis will spend the next year interviewing people with unique and deep perspectives on the area in hopes of generating strategies to steward the Crazy Mountains.
—Thalia Beaty, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
For these institutions, part of the way forward now must be a return to civics and civic education to prepare the next generation to steward the American experiment.
—Justin Dyer, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
Sunday, the Orioles clinched their first playoff berth since 2016, the culmination of a rebuilding process that fully launched in the winter of 2018 when Mike Elias was brought in as executive vice president and general manager and hired Hyde as manager to steward a club designed to struggle.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
Kennedy helped steward the company’s IPO and now intends to focus on board service.
—Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
Intelligence agencies and the Pentagon currently steward this data, most of which is not public.
—Mary Magnuson, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
The traditional homeland of the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, the conservancy plans to partner with the tribe to help steward the land, restore its fish and wildlife, and provide free recreational opportunities to the public.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023
Culture and history:Indigenous people find legal, cultural barriers to protect sacred spaces off tribal lands
But the Havasupai have continued to fight for their ancestral lands and the right to steward them.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
Pueblo people have a continuing relationship with their ancestors and an obligation to steward them.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 20 July 2023
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“Steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steward. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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