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

Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines..

Steward :: Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Comprador :: Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.

Manciple :: Manciple (n.) A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Dapifer :: Dapifer (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household..

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