janitor
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.
to be employed as a janitor.
Origin of janitor
1Other words from janitor
- jan·i·to·ri·al [jan-i-tawr-ee-uhl], /ˌdʒæn ɪˈtɔr i əl/, adjective
- un·der·jan·i·tor, noun
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How to use janitor in a sentence
Bert found himself employed as an under janitor at the factory at a wage of nine dollars a week.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Paul Laurence DunbarShe then told her husband, Fred Moisley, an under janitor at the city hall.
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British Dictionary definitions for janitor
/ (ˈdʒænɪtə) /
Scot, US and Canadian the caretaker of a building, esp a school
mainly US and Canadian a person employed to clean and maintain a building, esp the public areas in a block of flats or office building; porter
Origin of janitor
1Derived forms of janitor
- janitorial (ˌdʒænɪˈtɔːrɪəl), adjective
- janitress, fem n
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