custodian

From Medieval Latin *custōdiānus (“the office of a custōdia”), implied in custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈstoʊdiən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdiən

custodian (plural custodians)

1. 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!

2. (US, Canada) A janitor; a cleaner.

• custodianship

• custodial
• custody

• “custodian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “custodian”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “custodian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

custodian

1. third-person plural present indicative of custodiar