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The definition of a custodian is a person vested with the responsibility to provide care or maintenance for something such as a building, museum, or financial assets, or a person who is hired to clean and maintain a building.

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A fund manager who is responsible for investing money and assets belonging to investors is an example of a custodian.
A janitor at a school who cleans the school and performs maintenance work is an example of a custodian.

See custodian in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who has the custody or care of something, as of a private library; caretaker; keeper
a person responsible for the care and maintenance of a building

Origin: < custody

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custodianship noun

See custodian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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noun

One that has charge of something; a caretaker: the custodian of a minor child's estate; the custodian of an absentee landlord's property.
A janitor: worked nights as custodian of a high school.

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