custodian
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Etymology
From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈstoʊdiən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊdiən
Noun
custodian (plural custodians)
- A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
- After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.
- The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!
- An administrator.
- A goalkeeper.
- A protector or guard.
- (US, Canada) A janitor; a cleaner.
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Translations
a person entrusted with the custody or care
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Further reading
- “custodian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “custodian”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “custodian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Verb
custodian
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