Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that has charge of something; a caretaker: the custodian of a minor child's estate; the custodian of an absentee landlord's property.
- n. A janitor: worked nights as custodian of a high school.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who has the care or custody of anything, as of a library, a public building, a lunatic, etc.; a keeper or guardian.
Wiktionary
- n. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
- n. US a janitor (US); a cleaner
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin *custodianus, implied in custodianatus, from custodia ("a keeping, watch, guard, prison"), from custos ("a keeper, watchman, guard"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So an order binding on a parent or custodian is not out of line or even remarkable.”
“The radium custodian is mentioned in the title story, which is set in in the”
“The custodian is also prepared to provide some explanation (in Spanish) of both the techniques used and the subject matter chosen by those enterprising indigenous eighteenth century "Michelangelos" of the New World.”
“A resident INAH custodian is on hand, whenever the church is open, to switch on the soft lighting artfully positioned so as to reveal most of the incredible details of the paintings.”
“That document, which also belongs to the Mexican Government with you as a custodian, is proof of your identity and also proof of your permit to remain here as a foreigner.”
“Madame called the custodian, but by then, the class was out of control-whispers raging like a brush fire about how much blood there was, how Dolores was now one of the girls that everyone knew had her period.”
“So I called the custodian and they said, "We swept yesterday.”
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“We only need to hear the word custodian and we'll have a full house in Sceptics”
“Even banks have traditionally been seen as a profession with codes of conduct and a long-term custodian role in the financial sector.”
“Lef me call the custodian so he can unlock the door to the roof. ”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘custodian’.
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POL - people in power
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
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Tory's First Wordie List
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Words I like
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things in a school
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A Confederacy of Dunces
The words of Ignatius J. Reilly
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