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janitor
[jan-i-ter]
noun
a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
Archaic.a doorkeeper or porter.
verb (used without object)
to be employed as a janitor.
janitor
/ ˌdʒænɪˈtɔːrɪəl, ˈdʒænɪtə /
noun
the caretaker of a building, esp a school
a person employed to clean and maintain a building, esp the public areas in a block of flats or office building; porter
Other Word Forms
- janitorial adjective
- underjanitor noun
- ˈᲹԾٰ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of janitor1
Example Sentences
ICE agents I’ve spoken with say they have arrested or detained office workers, janitors, dishwashers, gardeners, and day laborers and raided Home Depots.
Some professions received carve-outs, including doctors, accountants, real estate agents and hairdressers; while others such as truckers, commercial janitors and physical therapists must abide by the tighter classification rules.
He got the janitor job in the mid-1970s, and a decade later he and his wife experimented in their kitchen to create the new snack.
“In a traditional restroom, if you have a medical issue inside, you might stay in there for hours until a janitor gets there,” Heinzelman said.
And I'm sure there will always be a need for janitors to keep the place clean, so there's that.
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