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Estate Steward
steward
also: upravlyayushchy, управляющий
The manager of a landowner's estate, responsible for its day-to-day running on the owner's behalf -- a position of local standing but still subordinate to the gentry.
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- The Stationmaster §3 steward
The manager (upravlyayushchy) of a landowner's estate, responsible for its day-to-day running on the owner's behalf -- a position of local standing but still subordinate to the gentry.
- The Wall §3 manager
The Russian upravlyayushchy (управляющий): the salaried steward who ran a landowner's estate day-to-day while the owner lived elsewhere -- a coveted, semi-respectable post for an educated commoner, and the whole engine of this sketch's comedy.
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