JANITOR

janitor

(noun) someone employed to clean and maintain a building

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

janitor (plural janitors) (female: janitress or janitrix (rare))

(chiefly, US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.

(Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.

A doorman.

Synonyms

• maintenance person

• (mostly British) caretaker

• cleaner

• (British) concierge

• custodian

• (One who cleans and maintains a garden): groundskeeper

• (One who maintains a collection, especially in a museum): curator

• porter

Source: Wiktionary


Jan"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. janua a door.]

Definition: A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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