a person who manages the provisioning of food and attends to the needs of passengers on an aircraft, ship, or train
a person who supervises the provision and distribution of food and drink in a club, college, etc
an official in charge of arrangements and proceedings at a large public event, e.g. a race meeting
esp formerly, a person employed to manage a large house or estate
If my lady have not call'd up her steward Malvolio and bid him turn you out of doors, never trust me — Shakespeare
esp formerly, an administrator of the Crown estates, attached to the British royal household
= shop steward
stewardship noun
[Old English stīweard, from stig home, hall + weard ward1]