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Noun: shop steward  shóp st(y)oo-u(r)d
  1. A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
    "The shop steward presented the workers' concerns about overtime pay to the company executives";
    - steward

Derived forms: shop stewards

Type of: union representative

Encyclopedia: Shop steward