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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..

Chiltern Hundreds :: Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats..

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

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

Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..

Stewartry :: Stewardship (n.) The office of a steward.

Steward :: Steward (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge..

Stewardship :: Stewardly (adv.) In a manner, or with the care, of a steward..

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.

Stewardess :: Steward (v. t.) To manage as a steward.

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

Seneschal :: Seneschal (n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands..

Piepowder :: Piepowder (n.) An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge..

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

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

Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Court-leet :: Court-leet (n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet..

Granger :: Granger (n.) A farm steward.

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..

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