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Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

#NAME? :: -ship (n.) A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship..

Swainship :: Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Landreeve :: Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward..

Reve :: Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house..

Steward :: Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like..

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Dispender :: Dispender (n.) One who dispends or expends; a steward.

Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Graff :: Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.

Steward :: Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands..

Stewardly :: Stewardess (n.) A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers..

Stewartry :: Stewartry (n.) The office of a steward; stewardship.

Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..

Stewish :: Stewartry (n.) In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction..

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward..

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