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janitor

[ jan-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
  2. Archaic. a doorkeeper or porter.


verb (used without object)

  1. to be employed as a janitor.

janitor

/ ˌdʒænɪˈtɔːrɪəl; ˈdʒænɪtə /

noun

  1. the caretaker of a building, esp a school
  2. a person employed to clean and maintain a building, esp the public areas in a block of flats or office building; porter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈᲹԾٰ, noun:feminine
  • janitorial, adjective
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  • Ჹ··ٴ·· [jan-i-, tawr, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
  • ܲ··Ჹ··ٴǰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of janitor1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin Ծٴǰ “doorkeeper,” equivalent to Ծ- (combining form of Գܲ “doorway, covered passage”) + -tor -tor
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of janitor1

C17: from Latin: doorkeeper, from Գܲ door, entrance, from Գܲ covered way (compare Janus 1); related to Latin ī to go
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Example Sentences

The free-form jazz in the film makes the atmosphere almost farcical, a choice that feels even more strange when Bong introduces the apartment complex’s janitor, who has a taste for dog meat.

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California has more than 220,000 full-time state employees and about 60% work in positions, as janitors and highway patrol officers for example, that already require them to report in-person daily.

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The former school janitor who had also served in the RAF had given up bowling himself, but continued to attend the club on a social basis following the death of his long-term partner.

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“So many people I’ve worked with and organized, nursing-home workers and hotel workers and janitors, they didn’t have any options,” Richards told the magazine.

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For almost five years, a Southern California school janitor was imprisoned, accused of committing despicable sexual crimes against young boys.

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