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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEWARTRY

n.An overseer or superintendent. The stewartry of provisions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STEWARTRY

STEWARTRY Stew "art *ry, n.

1. An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke.

2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] Byron.

3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.

New American Oxford Dictionary

stewartry

stewartry |ˈstjuːətri |(also stewardry |ˈstjuːədri |) ▶noun ( pl. stewartries ) a former territorial division of Scotland (abolished in 1747 ) under the jurisdiction of a steward. • (The Stewartry ) the Kirkcudbright district of Galloway.

Oxford Dictionary

stewartry

stewartry |ˈstjuːətri |(also stewardry |ˈstjuːədri |) ▶noun ( pl. stewartries ) a former territorial division of Scotland (abolished in 1747 ) under the jurisdiction of a steward. • (The Stewartry ) the Kirkcudbright district of Galloway.