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Definitions for Janitor
[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.
[3] to be employed as a janitor.
[4] Scot , US and Canadian the caretaker of a building, esp a school
[5] mainly US and Canadian a person employed to clean and maintain a building, esp the public areas in a block of flats or office building; porter
Words related to Janitor
custodian, attendant, superintendent, sitter, gatekeeper, caretaker, concierge, super, porter, sweeper, doorkeeper
Words nearby Janitor
janiform, janina, janine, janissary, janissary music, janitor, janitress, janjaweed, jannings, jannock, janny
Origin of Janitor
1575–85; < Latin jānitor doorkeeper, equivalent to jāni- (combining form of jānus doorway, covered passage) + -tor -tor
Other words from Janitor
jan·i·to·ri·al [jan-i-tawr -ee-uh l, -tohr -] /ˌdʒæn ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/ , adjective
un·der·jan·i·tor , noun
Word origin for Janitor
C17: from Latin: doorkeeper, from jānua door, entrance, from jānus covered way (compare Janus 1 ); related to Latin īre to go
Synonyms for Janitor
attendant, custodian, sitter, superintendent, caretaker, concierge, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter, super, sweeper, cleaning person, doorperson, house sitter, watchperson