Stewart is a popular Scottish given name and surname. The word Stewart is derived from an occupational surname. It originally belonged to a person who was a steward by profession. It is derived from a combination of two Old English words, the word stig, which means house, and the word weard, which means guard. The first name translation of the word is often Stuart hence the difference in the two.
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Famous quotes containing the word stewart:
“Words gane to the kitchen,
And words gane to the ha,
That Marie Hamilton gangs wi bairn
To the hichest Stewart of a.”
—Unknown. Mary Hamilton (l. 14)
“There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. There are, after all, the men who live closest to death.”
—Mary Stewart (b. 1916)
“But you must know the class of sweet womenwho are always so happy to declare they have all the rights they want; they are perfectly willing to let their husbands vote for themMare and always have been numerous, though it is an occasion for thankfulness that they are becoming less so.”
—Eliza Mother Stewart (18161908)