Definitions Diligent - conscientious; hardworking,

. careful and persevering in carrying out tasks or duties 2. carried out with care and perseverance diligent work [from Old French, from Latin dligere to value, from dis- apart + legere to read] diligently adv
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Adj. 1. diligent - quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business" persevering patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient" 2. diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" negligent - characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence

Attentive, assiduous,

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diligent (dldnt) adj 1. careful and persevering in carrying out tasks or duties 2. carried out with care and perseverance: diligent work [C14: from Old French, from Latin dligere to value, from dis- apart + legere to read]

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1. constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student. 2.

done or pursued with persevering attention; painstaking: a diligent search of the files.

diligent
Someone who is diligent works hard in a careful and thorough way. adj

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Historically, stewardship was the responsibility given to household servants to bring food and drinks to a castle dining hall. The term was then expanded to indicate a household employee's responsibility for managing household or domestic affairs. Stewardship later became the responsibility for taking care of passengers' domestic needs on a ship, train and airplane, or managing the service provided to diners in a restaurant. The term continues to be used in these specific ways, but it is also used in a more general way to refer to a responsibility to take care of something owned by someone else. Stewardship is an ethic that embodies cooperative planning and management of environmental resources with organizations, communities and others to actively engage in the prevention of loss of habitat and facilitate its recovery in the interest of long-term sustainability (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - 'Stewardship in Action' program)

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steward

(st rd, sty -) n. 1. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs. 2. One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort. 3. A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements. 4. An attendant on a ship or airplane. 5. An official who supervises or helps to manage an event. 6. A shop steward. 7. A wine steward. intr. & tr.v. stewarded, stewarding, stewards To serve as a steward or as the steward of.

[Middle English, from Old English stigweard, st 3 keeper; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

ward : stig, st

, hall + weard,

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steward [stjd]
n

1. (Business / Professions) a person who administers the property, house, finances, etc., of another

2. (Business / Professions) a person who manages the eating arrangements, staff, or service at a club, hotel, etc.

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (Engineering / Aeronautics) a waiter on a ship or aircraft

4. (Military) a mess attendant in a naval mess afloat or ashore

5. (Business / Professions) a person who helps to supervise some event or proceedings in an official capacity

6. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) short for shop steward

vb

to act or serve as a steward (of something)

[Old English stigweard, from stig hall (see STY) + weard WARD]

stewardship n
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Noun 1. steward - someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else chamberlain - an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman fiduciary - a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

2. steward - the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" 3. steward - an attendant on an airplane flight attendant attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another air hostess, stewardess, hostess - a woman steward on an airplane

4. steward - a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management shop steward union representative - a representative for a labor union 5. steward - one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals custodian, keeper defender, guardian, protector, shielder - a person who cares for persons or property caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) conservator, curator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) game warden, gamekeeper - a person employed to take care of game and wildlife greenskeeper - someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course house sitter - a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money) janitor - someone employed to clean and maintain a building lighthouse keeper - the keeper of a lighthouse critter sitter, pet sitter - someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home zoo keeper - the chief person responsible for a zoological garden
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steward
noun

1. flight attendant, stewardess, air hostess, air stewardess, cabin attendant a former airline steward who joined the police

2. custodian, warden, caretaker, curator, keeper, guardian, watchdog, superintendent, protector, warder, watchman, overseer a steward to manage the place
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steward
n steward [stjud]

1 a passenger's attendant on ship or aeroplane an air stewardess.

2 a person who helps to arrange, and is an official at, races, entertainments etc.

3 a person who supervises the supply of food and stores in a club, on a ship etc.

4 a person who manages an estate or farm for another person.

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one employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns (as the supervision of servants, collection of rents, and keeping of accounts)