Stewart

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US/ˈst(j)uɚt/UK/ˈstjuːət/UK/ˈstʃuːət/Australia, New Zealand/ˈstʃʉːət/

proper noun

A Scottish surname originating as an occupation.

OriginMiddle Scots stewart ← Early Scots stewart ← Old English stiġweard →
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Meanings

proper nounStewart (countable and uncountable, plural Stewarts)

plural Stewarts · alternative Steward · alternative Stuart

  1. countableuncountableA Scottish surname originating as an occupation.

    Connor Barron, Kelle Roos and Anthony Stewart will all leave Aberdeen this summer but the Dons have signed defender Gavin Molloy and forward Peter Ambrose.

    2024 June 14, “Barron to leave but Aberdeen sign Molloy and Ambrose”, in BBC Sport, retrieved 03 Sep 2026
  2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countableuncountableHistorical spelling of Stuart (“royal house regnant in Scotland from 1371 and in England from 1603, until 1714”); the standard spelling until the reign of French-raised Mary, Queen of Scots, in the mid-16th century.
  4. A placename
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
    3. countableuncountableA minor city in McLeod County, Minnesota.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota.
    5. countableuncountableA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Mississippi.
    6. countableuncountableAn extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
    7. countableuncountableA township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
    8. countableuncountableA township in Kidder County, North Dakota.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Athens County, Ohio.
    10. countableuncountableA township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
    11. countableuncountableA township in Tripp County, South Dakota.
    12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Houston County, Tennessee.
    13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
    14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
    15. countableuncountableA district municipality in north-western British Columbia, Canada.
    16. countableuncountableA township in Unorganized North Nipissing District, in north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstiġweard
  2. Early Scotsstewart
  3. Middle Scotsstewart“steward”
  4. EnglishStewart

Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 斯圖爾特 /斯图尔特
  • 斯圖爾特 /斯图尔特 (Sītúěrtè)a male given name and a surname
French Stuart
  • Stuarta male given name and a surname
Latin Stuartus, Steuardus
  • Stuartusa male given name and a surname
  • Steuardusa male given name and a surname
Māori Tuari
  • Tuaria male given name and a surname
Scottish Gaelic Stiùbhart
  • Stiùbharta male given name and a surname

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Stewart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stewart

MLA

“Stewart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stewart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stewart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stewart.

Source: Stewart on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.