custodian

CEFRB2

/kəˈstoʊdiən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who takes care of a building or property.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A gaolkeeper.

Examples

  • The school custodian cleans the gym in the evening.

  • After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An administrator.

  2. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

  3. A protector or guard.

More examples

In context

  • The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!

  • I am Tom's custodian.

  • The middle class is the. demitone of human society, custodian of the balance, and no fair social order could exist without the cooperation of this class.

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The school blank mopped the floors after the students left.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.