different between reeve vs steward

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Homophone: reave

Etymology 1

From Middle English reve, from Old English r?fa, an aphetism of ?er?fa (also groefa), from Proto-West Germanic *gar?fij? (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf. Role, and later word, mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.

Noun

reeve (plural reeves)

1. (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
2. (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
3. (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
   • 1936, The Periodical (Oxford University Press), volumes 21–22, page 67

     A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Reeve”, perhaps, savoured a little too much of legal authority.

Synonyms

• (medieval official): provost

Related terms

• sheriff

See also

• bailiff

Translations

Etymology 2

Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (“to take in, insert”).

Verb

reeve (third-person singular simple present reeves, present participle reeving, simple past and past participle reeved or rove)

1. (nautical, dialect) To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
   • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, 1985, p.98:

     "Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

reeve (plural reeves)

2. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

Anagrams

• evere

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?fa.

Noun

reeve

1. Alternative form of reve

Etymology 2

From Old English r?afian.

Verb

reeve

1. Alternative form of reven

English

Etymology

From Middle English steward, from Old English st?weard, st??weard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from st?? (“house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty +? ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stju?.?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stu?d/
• Hyphenation: stew?ard

Noun

steward (plural stewards, feminine stewardess)

1. A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity
   1. (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
3. (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
4. A flight attendant, especially male.
5. A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
6. A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, and/or animals.
7. A fiscal agent of certain bodies.

8. A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
9. (higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
10. (Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

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11. (information technology) Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

Usage notes

With regard to airlines, steward is usually distinguished from the more common and exclusively feminine stewardess in colloquial speech, while the gender-neutral flight attendant is usually preferred to both in formal contexts. For the sake of brevity, steward is sometimes treated as a gender-neutral term itself and applied to both male and female flight attendants.

Synonyms

• (medieval overseer): bailiff, provost
• (member of a flight crew): air steward, airline steward; see also flight attendant
• (union member): shop steward
• (person in charge of buildings, grounds, etc.): caretaker, custodian, keeper; groundskeeper (of estates)

Hyponyms

• (member of a flight crew) See flight attendant

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

steward (third-person singular simple present stewards, present participle stewarding, simple past and past participle stewarded)

1. To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

References

Anagrams

• drawest, strawed, swarted, wardest

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English steward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sty.??rt/, /?sti.??rt/
• Hyphenation: ste?ward

Noun

steward m (plural stewards, feminine stewardess)

1. (aviation) steward, male flight attendant

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English steward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stju.wa?d/, /sti.wa?d/, /sti.wa?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /stu.wœ?d/

Noun

steward m (plural stewards)

1. steward

Further reading

• “steward” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English steward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stju.art/

Noun

steward m pers (feminine stewardesa)

1. steward, flight attendant

Declension

Further reading

• steward in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• steward in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English steward.

Noun

steward m (plural stewarzi)

1. steward

Declension

Related terms

• stewardes?

References

• steward in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)