custodian
Noun
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Noun
custodian (plural custodians)
- A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
- After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.
- The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!
- (US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner
- The custodian does such admirable work, deftly wielding a mop to keep our hallways and sidewalks free of buai pekpek left by people who chew betelnuts to be "cool" but don't even bother finding a rubbish bin or spit cup to dispose of the pekpek with.
- French: gardien, gardienne
- German: Hüter, Hüterin, Kustos, Schützer, Schützerin, Vormund, Hausverwalter, Hausverwalterin
- Italian: custode
- Portuguese: guardião (of a person), zelador (of a place)
- Russian: опеку́н
- German: Hausmeister, Hausmeisterin
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