sca-cooks Re: Terms

[Beth Morris]

The learned Joshua 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.

And in fact we're trying to use it as such, with some success!

I meant to say that I'd rather see Steward slightly misused than the
vile -crat construction.

Keilyn