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Definition of custodian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

custodian

noun
 
/kʌˈstəʊdiən/
 
/kʌˈstəʊdiən/
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  1. a person who takes responsibility for taking care of or protecting something
    • the museum’s custodians
    • a self-appointed custodian of public morals
    Topics Jobsc2
  2. (North American English)
    (British English caretaker)
    (also janitor North American English, Scottish English)
    a person whose job is to take care of a building such as a school or a block of flats or an apartment buildingTopics Educationc2, Jobsc2
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from custody, on the pattern of guardian.
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