The difference between Bailiff and Steward

When used as nouns, bailiff means a reeve, 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, whereas steward means a person who manages the property or affairs for another entity, particularly the chief administrator of a medieval manor.


Steward is also verb with the meaning: to act as the steward or caretaker of (something).

check bellow for the other definitions of Bailiff and Steward

  1. Bailiff as a noun (law enforcement):

    An officer of the court, particularly: A reeve, 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. 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. A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.

  2. Bailiff as a noun (obsolete):

    A public administrator, particularly: A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown. The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England. The title of the mayor of certain English towns. The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England. The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man. A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns. An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages. 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. A landvogt in the medieval German states.

  3. Bailiff as a noun (historical):

    A private administrator, particularly A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc. An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above). The foreman or overman of a mine.

  4. Bailiff as a noun (UK, slang):

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

  1. Steward as a noun (historical):

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

  2. Steward as a noun:

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

  3. Steward as a noun (chiefly):

    A flight attendant, a male flight attendant.

  4. Steward as a noun:

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

  5. Steward as a noun:

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

  6. Steward as a noun:

    A fiscal agent of certain bodies.

    Examples:

    "a steward in a Methodist church"

  7. Steward as a noun:

    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.

  8. Steward as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Erskine"

  9. Steward as a noun:

    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.

  1. Steward as a verb:

    To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)