n.
     - a person who looks after the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
 - a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, etc.
 - an official appointed to supervise arrangements at a large public event.
 - short for shop steward.
 - a person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate. 
▸chiefly historical an officer of the British royal household, especially an administrator of Crown estates.
 
v.
 act as a steward of.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE stīweard, from stig (prob. in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’.