Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“stewards” is a form of

steward

/ˈstu.ɚd/ noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of Stewart

Forms stewards stewarding stewarded Stewart

  1. noun A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
  2. noun (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
  3. noun (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
  4. noun (dated) A flight attendant, especially male.
  5. noun A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
  6. noun A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
  7. noun Someone responsible for organizing an event
  8. noun A bartender.
  9. verb To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
  10. proper noun An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
  11. proper noun A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.

Synonyms

bailiff provost shop steward caretaker custodian keeper groundskeeper air steward airline steward flight attendant cabin crew

Etymology

From Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stiġweard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from stiġ (“a wooden enclosure; house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty + ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.

From steward.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
  2. noun A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
  3. verb To manage as a steward. [Obs.]

Etymology [OE. stiward, AS. stiweard, stigweard, literally, a sty ward; stigu sty + weard warden, guardian, -- his first duty having been probably to attend to the domestic animals. *164. See Sty pen for swine, Ward.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “steward”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “steward” (best matches first).