(a) a bailiff, a steward, esp. one in charge of an estate; (b) a local official in charge of a settlement or town; cf. portreeve, n. 1.

Any of various other local officials; spec. An officer appointed by a landowner to supervise estates, tenants, or workers; a bailiff, steward, or…

†(a) A steward, a person placed in charge of property. Obsolete. (b) In certain parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: each of a number of…

A person who is employed to manage the affairs of another or is authorized to act on behalf of another… The steward or manager of a household…

One that expends; a dispenser; an almoner; a steward; = dispensator, n.

An officer or official in charge of some establishment, undertaking, or body of people; an officer responsible for the management of a royal or…

= bailiff, n. 3. Obsolete.

A person who holds a particular office, post, or place. A person engaged in the management of the domestic affairs of a great household, collegiate…

One who manages or administers. A steward of a household. archaic.

A steward; = procurator, n.1 1b. Obsolete.

A steward who administers the goods, etc. of another. Obsolete.

A person who oversees the cultivation and management of an area of land or an agricultural holding on behalf of the owner; a steward, a bailiff. Obs…

One who looks after the profit or interest of an employer; or who manages land for the owner; a steward or bailiff; an agent in any business.

A man charged with the good management of something; esp. the appointed manager of a household, establishment, or organization; a steward, a…

One who manages the affairs of an estate on behalf of his employer.

Scottish. A steward, esp. the chief steward or factor of a noble. Now chiefly historical.

A steward; = procurator, n.1 1b. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish. A manager of a landed estate for the owner; a land steward; an agent for a landlord.

The agent of the lord of a manor, who collects rents, etc.; the steward of a landholder, who manages his or her estate; one who superintends the…

one who manages a landed estate for the owner.

= approver, n.2 Obsolete (historical in later use).

= grave, n.3 Obsolete.

Chiefly in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia: a senior official having authority in a certain administrative district; a bailiff…

Law. A person authorized to manage an estate for the legal owner during his or her minority, absence, incapacity, etc.; (Scots Law, in full administra…

= steadward n.

One who brings meat to table; hence, the official title of the steward of a king's or nobleman's household.

A steward, bailiff, or similar official.

= house farmer n.

Scottish. A manager of a landed estate; a steward, a factor (factor, n. 3a). Obsolete.

? An overseer or bailiff.

an agent employed (by the landlord or owner) in letting or selling a house, collecting rents, etc.; (now esp.) an estate agent.

one who has charge of the grounds and lands of an estate.

a steward or manager of landed property; also, an agent for the sale of land, an estate agent.

modernization of Old English wícgerefa, a town-reeve.

(see quot. 1876).

a person who engages in house farming.

= house farmer n.

(see quot. 1893); also, the steward of an estate.