One who tends what belongs to another — counting, filling, submitting, never ruling. Every act signed, every act additive.
Old English stigweard (a hall-guardian, a house-keeper), from stig (hall, house) + weard (guardian, ward); a steward has always tended what belonged to someone else, never claimed it.
One who tends what belongs to another, counting, filling, submitting, never ruling. Every act is signed and every act is additive, exactly as the old hall-guardian's was.