steward
Definitions
General English
- noun a man who looks after passengers, and serves meals or drinks on a ship, aircraft, train or in a club
- noun a person who organises public events such as races etc.
Aviation
- noun a male member of airline staff who look after passengers during the flight.
Commerce
- noun a man who serves drinks or food on a ship or plane
Travel
- noun somebody who looks after passengers and serves drinks and food on a ship, plane, or other vehicle, or a similar person who deals with guests in a club, restaurant, hotel, etc.
Origin & History of “steward”
A
steward is etymologically someone ‘in
charge of a sty’. Its Old
English ancestor stigweard was a
compound formed
from stig ‘hall, house’ (a relative, if not the
direct ancestor, of English
sty ‘dwelling for pigs’) and
weard ‘guardian, keeper’ – hence ‘keeper of the hall’.
