For several years in the 1830s the senior steward at Goodwood presented an annual cup to the winner of any race of his choosing.

You will move from HMS Raleigh to another shore establishment where you will work under a senior steward.

"Absolutely," Clinton Pitts Jr., the senior steward at the Maryland tracks, said yesterday by telephone from Pimlico.

Rupert was the father of five children and was later senior steward of the Jockey Club.

"You are the senior steward on the air liner 'Prometheus'?"

He asked for the name of the senior steward on "b" deck, spoke briefly on the phone, then hung up.

Richmond-Watson, the senior steward of the Jockey Club, operated on a small scale: at the time he had only four mares at stud.

The senior steward inquired about Julia.

The senior steward served Gideon a thick golden crescent of melon.

In the very grandest households there was sometimes an Estate Steward or other senior steward who oversaw the butler and his duties.