custodian
Meanings
noun
- A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
- An administrator.
- A gaolkeeper.
- A protector or guard.
- A janitor; a cleaner.
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Etymology
From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). By surface analysis, custody + -ian.
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