I'll give you 2 points for that one.

I've read that it comes from "styweard", menaing keeper of pigs.

Scout wrote

stew·ard (st".rd, sty"-) n. 1. One who manages another's property,
finances, or other affairs. 2. One who is in charge of the household
affairs
of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort. 3. A ship's officer who is in
charge of provisions and dining arrangements. 4. An attendant on a ship or
an airplane. 5. An official who supervises or helps to manage an event. 6.
A
shop steward. --stew·ard intr. & tr.v. stew·ard·ed, stew·ard·ing,
stew·ards.
To serve as a steward or as the steward of. [Middle English, from Old
English stigweard, stºward : stig, stº, hall + weard, keeper; see wer-3
below.] --stew"ard·ship" n.

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wer-3. Important derivatives a wary, aware, ward, lord, steward,
warden,
award, reward, wardrobe, guard, panorama, revere1.

wer-3. To perceive, watch out for. I. O-grade form *wor-. 1. Suffixed form
*wor-o-. a. WARY, from Old English wær, watchful; b. AWARE, from Old
English
gewær, aware (ge-, collective and intensive prefix; see kom); c. WARE2,
from
Old English warian, to beware. a, b, and c all from Germanic *waraz. 2.
Suffixed form wor-to-. a. (i) WARD; LORD, STEWARD, from Old English weard,
a
watching, keeper; (ii) WARDER2, from Old English weardian, to ward,
guard;b.
WARDEN; AWARD, REWARD, WARDROBE, from Old North French warder, to guard;
c.
GUARD, from Old French guarder, to guard; d. REARWARD2, from Anglo-Norman
warde, guard. a, b, c, and d all from Germanic *wardaz, guard, and
*ward½n,
to guard. 3. WARE1, from Old English waru, goods, protection, guard, from
Germanic *war½. 4. Suffixed form *wor-wo-. ARCTURUS, PYLORUS, from Greek
ouros, a guard. 5. Probably variant *(s)wor-, *s(w)or-. EPHOR, PANORAMA,
from Greek horan, to see. II. Suffixed (stative) form *wer-¶-. REVERE1,
from
Latin ver¶rº, to respect, feel awe for. [Pokorny 8. øer- 1164.]

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
. net...
Define Steward. 1 pt

How did the term originate? 2 pts.
[Hint: This one is funny!]