英语词汇“stewardship”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

steward /stūˈərd/

noun

A person who manages the domestic concerns of a family or institution

One who superintends another's affairs, esp an estate or farm

The person who oversees catering arrangements and general passenger comfort on a ship, aircraft, etc

A male member of the team responsible for these

A college caterer

Someone who helps in arrangements, marshalling, etc at races, a dance, a wedding, an entertainment

An overseer

A foreman

The treasurer of a congregation, guild, society, etc

A shop steward

transitive verb

To serve as a steward of

ORIGIN: OE stig-weard, from stig hall (‘sty’), and weard ward, keeper

stewˈardess noun

A female steward (esp on a ship, aircraft, etc)

stewˈardship or stewˈardry noun

The office of a steward
Management
The individual's function in the practical work of the Christian church involving obligation to give a share of his or her time and goods to others

stewˈartry noun (Scot)

A stewardship, or the extent of a stewardship, applied nominally to the county of Kirkcudbright (now part of Dumfries and Galloway)

stewards' enquiry noun (horse-racing)

An examination of the evidence relating to an allegation of contravention of the rules of racing, carried out by the stewards after a race, the result of which is signalled by the hoisting of flags on the racecourse

Lord High Steward

One of the great officers of state, and anciently the first officer of the crown in England