janitor
janitor
Definition
jani·tor (jan′i tər)
noun
- Now Rare a doorman or doorkeeper
- the custodian of a building, who maintains the heating system, does routine repairs, general cleaning, etc.
Etymology: L, doorkeeper < janua, door < janus, arched passageway: see Janus
jan′i·to′·rial (-i tôr′ē əl) adjective
janitor
Synonyms
janitor
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bribe: He was obliged to bribe the janitor, too, because the laws of the house permitted neither animals nor babies within its precincts.
- ask: I asked the janitor, and he said the house was not very well built and that the beams and wainscoting were shrinking.
- tell: The cab driver tells the janitor where he found his fare.
- say: No problem said the janitor proudly fetching his tiny terrier into the studio.
- see: I saw the janitor ( witness _________ ) walk toward me at that point.
- have: We do not have janitors; children clean up after themselves and wash their own clothes.
Preposition: at
- school: Have you ever been a janitor at any other schools?
Adjective modifier
- mannered: Always on the alert for crime, he got his tip-offs from the police station where he worked as the mild mannered janitor.
- mild: Always on the alert for crime, he got his tip-offs from the police station where he worked as the mild mannered janitor.
- first: Probably only Robert Ross, a weaver from the Links Feus who had been appointed first janitor, knew the truth.
- part-time: There is a part-time Janitor for the building, who will work closely with the Administrator on a day-to-day basis.
Modifies a noun
- job: The janitor job that are in ensure my trip paper pp.
Noun used with modifier
- school: Debbie is horrified when she discovers the identity of the new school janitor, and Hannah is reduced to stealing from Helen.
Possessives
- house: Graveyard: an abandoned wooden shack in a graveyard, the janitor's house or something.
- office: Other ways to tell are: Put your writing in the ' Suggestion Box ' Outside the Janitor's office.
Preposition: in
- building: Arthur's father worked as a pushcart vendor and a janitor in a tenement building.
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