Cf. definição do Webster:
Steward (n.) n.
1. 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.
2. A person employed in a hotel,club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc.
3. A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
4. In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
5. In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
6. To manage as a steward.

TRADUÇÕES
Dutch: beheerder, de administrateur (de)
French: intendant (m)
German: Aufseher (m)
Italian: sovrintendente
Spanish: supervisor

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Note added at 2003-08-06 04:41:19 (GMT)
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cf. Houaiss e Michaelis
STEWARD: 1. administrador, procurador , intendente
(e a seguir, os demais significados -- camareiro, despenseiro, comissário de bordo, etc)