Steward may refer to:

Positions or roles

Steward (office) A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king ...

, a representative of a monarch *

Steward (Methodism) In Methodism, a steward is a member of a church (congregation), local church who is elected by the congregation to help in the practical life of the church. The position of stewards is a hallmark of classic Methodism. __NOTOC__ General characteris ...

, a leader in a congregation and/or district * Steward, a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution * Communion steward, a position in the local church responsible for the distribution of the Eucharistic elements *

Horse show steward A horse show steward, sometimes also called a ''rules steward'' or ''licensed steward,'' is a licensed official at a horse show tasked with the responsibility of interpreting and enforcing the rules of the organization that sanctions the horse show ...

* Steward, an official in

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million y ...

, greyhound racing or

car racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organi ...

* Steward, another term for

majordomo A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, this is the highest (''major'') person of a household (''domūs'' or ''domicile'') staff, a head servant who acts on behalf of the owner of a large ...

* Steward, an older term for a

flight attendant A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are prima ...

* A member of the

Steward's Department Seafaring is a tradition that encompasses a variety of professions and ranks. Each of these roles carries unique responsibilities that are integral to the successful operation of a seafaring vessel. A ship's crew can generally be divided into ''f ...

of a ship, responsible for preparation of food or caring for living quarters * Steward, United States Navy rate prior to 1975, now

Culinary Specialist (US Navy) Culinary specialist (abbreviated CS) is a United States Navy occupational rating. The rating was created on January 15, 2004 from the mess management specialist (MS) rating. History Food service ratings in the U.S. Navy were historically divided ...

Union steward A union representative, union steward, or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a labor union member and official. Rank-and-file members of the union hold ...

, a labor union official, also known as a shop steward * Wine steward or

sommelier A sommelier ( or or ; ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing. The role of the wine steward in hau ...

* Steward, a person who assists with

crowd control Crowd control is a public security practice in which large crowds are managed in order to prevent the outbreak of crowd crushes, affray, fights involving drunk and disorderly people or riots. Crowd crushes in particular can cause many hundreds ...

* Steward, a junior officer of a

Masonic Lodge A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered ...

People

Steward (surname) Steward is an English occupational surname. Notable people surnamed Steward include the following: * Alan Steward, record producer, songwriter and recording artist * Alf Steward (1896–after 1939), English football player and manager * Andrew St ...

Steward Ceus Steward Ceus (born March 26, 1987 in West Haverstraw, New York) is a Haitian footballer who most recenrly played as a goalkeeper for New York Cosmos in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career Youth and college Ceus attended North Ro ...

(born 1987), footballer * J. Steward Davis (1890-after 1928), American lawyer and political activist

Schools

Steward School Founded in 1972, The Steward School is a private day school in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. Campus Located in western Henrico County on , Steward has six academic buildings, an athletic center, three athletic fields, a baseball field, and n ...

, a private school in Richmond, Virginia, United States * Stewards Academy, a secondary school in Harlow, Essex, England * The

Stewards Society The Stewards Society (collectively referred to as The Stewards) is an anonymous, all-male service fraternity, often considered a secret society, at Georgetown University. The name collectively refers a handful of loosely organizationally tied gr ...

, a collegiate secret society at Georgetown University

Geography

* Steward, Illinois, United States, a village *

Steward Creek Steward Creek is a stream in Freeborn County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was named for Hiram J. Steward, an early settler. See also *List of rivers of Minnesota Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . ...

, a stream in Minnesota

Other uses

* 15371 Steward, an asteroid *

Steward Health Care System Steward Health Care is the largest physician-owned private for-profit health care network in the United States and attends to 2.2 million people during more than twelve million physician and hospital visits annually. Headquartered in Dallas, Stewa ...

, a health care organization in New England *

Steward Observatory Steward Observatory is the research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (UArizona). Its offices are located on the UArizona campus in Tucson, Arizona (US). Established in 1916, the first telescope and building were f ...

, department of astronomy, University of Arizona *

Stewards (paramilitary organization) The Stewards, also informally referred to as Blackshirts, were the paramilitary wing of the British Union of Fascists (BUF).David Stephen Lewis. Illusions of grandeur: Mosley, fascism, and British society, 1931-81. Pp. 115-117. They served a simila ...

, a wing of the British Union of Fascists