Bailiff vs. Steward

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(law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly:

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A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

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(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.

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(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.

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Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.

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A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.

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A public administrator, particularly:

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(obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.

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(historical) The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.

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The title of the mayor of certain English towns.

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The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.

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The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

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The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.

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(obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.

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(historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.

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(historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.

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(historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states.

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A private administrator, particularly Steward

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(historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.

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(historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).

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The foreman or overman of a mine.

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Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.

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Originally, a person put in charge of something; especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom powers of custody or care are intrusted.

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A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

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An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

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an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

Bailiff

A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French baillis, bail cf. bail, based on the adjectival form, baiulivus, of Latin bajulus, carrier, manager) is a manager, overseer or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.

Stewardnoun

A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity, particularly (historical) the chief administrator of a medieval manor.

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A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

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A flight attendant, (chiefly) a male flight attendant.

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A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.

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A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals.

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A fiscal agent of certain bodies.

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In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

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In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

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In information technology, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

Stewardverb

To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

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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.

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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.

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A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.

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In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

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In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

Stewardverb

To manage as a steward.

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someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else

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the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

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an attendant on an airplane

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a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management

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one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals