sca-cooks Re: Terms

Philip W. Troy troy at asan.com
Thu Apr 10 13:00:19 PDT 1997


Stephen Bloch wrote:
> 
> Keilyn wrote:
> > Someone used steward earlier, and even that, while not precisely
> > correct, is better than mumble-o-crat.
> 
> My impression is that the "steward" (an EXTREMELY old English word --
> the OED dates it to the 11th or 12th century, if I remember right) runs
> a household, supervises all the other servants, orders supplies, etc.
> I think it would make a good replacement for "autocrat" in SCA parlance.
> 
>                                         Steve / Joshua

You mean the steward isn't the one who stews the small children?

Adamantius


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