janitors

noun

Definition of janitorsnext
plural of janitor
1
as in custodians
a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner got a job as the night janitor at the elementary school

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as in porters
a person who tends a door according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates

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  1. custodians
  2. keepers
  3. caretakers
Noun
  • Centralized exchanges and custodians are likely to be the entities required to put in the most work to ensure MiCA compliance.
    Sean Lee, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Recovered artifacts will be returned to their rightful custodians, the news release said.
    Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of custodians
Noun
  • Tom Butt The East Brother Light Station is looking for the new keepers to start in April 2025, but two weeks of training would start right away.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The film looks tint the life of the soccer star, who is consider one of the top keepers in Polish history thanks to a career spanning spells at Arsenal, Juventus, AS Roma and Barcelona and 84 appearances for the national team.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of keepers
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  • It can be used for emergency services and healthcare, to help caretakers, or to take part in rescue operations.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
  • However, this remained largely ignored as the killings continued in 2019, prompting opponents to file a case against the temple’s caretakers and the government for allegedly violating the ruling.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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