custodian
Other forms: custodians
You may know the custodian at your school — the person who's in charge of taking care of the building, in keeping it clean, making sure the heat works, and the roof doesn't leak.
The word custodian comes from Latin custos, meaning "guardian," and anyone who looks after something can be a custodian. You might be the custodian of your club's records — you take care of the files and keep them up to date. Or you could be the custodian of the crown jewels — you hold the keys to the treasury and it's your job to make sure the jewels don't get lost or stolen.
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one having charge of buildings or grounds or animalstypes:caretakera custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)greenskeepersomeone responsible for the maintenance of a golf coursehouse sittera custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)janitorsomeone employed to clean and maintain a buildinglighthouse keeperthe keeper of a lighthousezoo keeperthe chief person responsible for a zoological gardenconciergea French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or portersuper, superintendenta caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collectorvergera church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonieswarrenermaintains a rabbit warren
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