Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who attends to the maintenance or cleaning of a building.
- noun A doorman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A doorkeeper; a porter.
- noun A man employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see that they are kept clean and in order, to lock and unlock them, and generally to care for them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic A door-keeper; a porter.
- noun One who is employed to care for a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.; a caretaker; -- the duties may include removal of trash, cleaning of the rooms and public areas, and minor repairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who looks after the
maintenance andcleaning of apublic building . - noun a
doorman
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone employed to clean and maintain a building
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Likewise the janitor is not expected to make decisions on the firms new product line.
Academic Self-Selection, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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February 25th, 2010 at 10: 20 am ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: pezmiztix says: bob, typical progressive compassion on display … .. being a janitor is somehow below human standards ….
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Likewise the janitor is not expected to make decisions on the firms new product line.
Academic Self-Selection, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Two hours after a game ends, a janitor is cleaning the locker rooms and finds Wallace dead in the showers ...
VERONICA MARS: What Happens in Season Four? | the TV addict 2007
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If you get promoted from assistant janitor at the Shell station to night janitor, is that far?
A Disturbing Trend 2004
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I called the janitor again and told him to fetch those grasshoppers he had taken away.
Botchan (Master Darling) Soseki Natsume 1891
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I called the janitor to my room and had a chat for about two hours.
Botchan (Master Darling) Soseki Natsume 1891
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The very hall porter has gone out of town for his holiday, and the page-boy who officiates as temporary janitor is not quite certain about your name and gives you somebody else's letters.
Echoes of the Week 1865
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"Someone call the janitor, we have a BIG mess again."
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I like how they call the janitor, rather than trained professionals.
Prolagus commented on the word janitor
Genitore means parent, while janitor can be translated as custode or inserviente.
I'd like to dedicate this award to my janitors, who made me the man I am.
March 23, 2009
bilby commented on the word janitor
Ha, this is not the most obvious of false friends so well-spotted!
March 23, 2009