Define Steward. 1 pt

How did the term originate? 2 pts.
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Someone in charge of food or provisions.

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Define Steward. 1 pt

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

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
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Define Steward. 1 pt

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

Close. I'll give you 1/2 point.

Jonathan Ganz wrote

Someone in charge of food or provisions.

"Bart Senior" wrote

Define Steward. 1 pt

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

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.]

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Define Steward. 1 pt

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

"Bart Senior" wrote ...

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

nothing funny about that.


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Bart,

The keeper of the styes was one of the duties of the "Steward" A
Steward, Stewart, Stuard, Stuart, Surd, Styart, etc depending on what
part of the British Isles and the dialect you spoke.

The origin was the servants of the King, who took care of the Kings
property. Like the Kings game lands. Our "Coat of Arms" has a stag above
our rulers Armoire & Shield with the motto "AVITO-VIRE-HONORE" We were
Game-Keepers for the King, The Clan was given Knighthood for their
service. So was the keeper of the pigs. Food, then as now was very
important. An Army's well being was food. Good wholesome food available
to the Warriors who had to fight and not go Hunting was necessary to
Victory

Our Clan is decended from the Court of Mary; Queen of Scots

And "I'LL HAVE A WEE BIT OF THE PRODUCT OF THE MALT" and pour one for my
good fellow Scot Vernon!

Ole Thom Stewart

So a steward is the "keeper of the stew"....

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Our Clan is descended from the Court of Mary; Queen of Scots

So is ours...our clan is heavily allied with the Stewart's and served them
as clerks, hence the name "Clark" (my mother's surname) My kilt is Stewart
hunting plaid (my daughter has absconded with it...) What's really funny is
that frowning up the parochial school I attended had uniforms in the Clark
plaid...myself and my siblings were the only people who truly had the right
to wear it...when I tried explaining it to some of the Polish kids (97%) of
the school) they rolled their eyes....
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Ok, then name your next boat Styweard!

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"Bart Senior" wrote ...

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

nothing funny about that.


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