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noun
- 1. a person employed to look after a building; a caretaker. North American
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JANITOR definition: 1. a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the…. Learn more.
A janitor, also known as a custodian, porter, cleanser, cleaner or caretaker, is a person who cleans and maintains buildings. In some cases, they will also carry out maintenance and security duties.
1. : one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs. 2. : doorkeeper. Synonyms. caretaker. custodian. guardian. keeper. warden. watchman. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of janitor in a Sentence.
Janitor definition: a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker. . See examples of JANITOR used in a sentence.
JANITOR meaning: 1. a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the…. Learn more.
1. One who attends to the maintenance or cleaning of a building. 2. A doorman or doorwoman. [Latin iānitor, doorkeeper, from iānua, door, from iānus, archway; see ei- in Indo-European roots .] jan′i·to′ri·al(-tôr′ē-əl) adj.
A janitor is someone whose job is cleaning and maintaining a building. If your school always looks clean and orderly, be sure to thank the janitor . Another name for a janitor is a custodian , or in Britain, a caretaker .
Definition of janitor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
JANITOR definition: someone whose job is to look after a building: . Learn more.
a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker. [ Archaic.]a doorkeeper or porter. v.i. to be employed as a janitor. Latin jānitor doorkeeper, equivalent. to jāni- (combining form of jānus doorway, covered passage) + -tor - tor. 1575–85.
