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Steward

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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Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Defender 76% connected

One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

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Fiduciary 76% connected

One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

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Guardian 76% connected

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Protector 76% connected

One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Chamberlain 76% connected

An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

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Conservator 76% connected

One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

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Curator 76% connected

One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.

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Gamekeeper 76% connected

One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.

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Hostess 76% connected

A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.

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Janitor 76% connected

A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

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Stewardess 76% connected

A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

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Stewardship 74% connected

The office of a steward.

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Stewardship 74% connected

The office of a steward.

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Custodian 92% connected

One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Keeper 92% connected

One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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