English
Etymology
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Noun
custodian (plural custodians )
A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper .
After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian .
The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!
( US , Canada ) a janitor ; a cleaner
The custodian does such admirable work, deftly wielding a mop to keep our hallways and sidewalks free of buai pekpek left by people who chew betelnuts to be "cool" but don't even bother finding a rubbish bin or spit cup to dispose of the pekpek with.
Derived terms
Translations
A person entrusted with the custody or care
Bulgarian: попечител (bg) ( popečitel )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監護人 / 监护人 (zh) ( jiānhùrén ) , 监护人 (zh) ( jiānhùrén )
Danish: formynder c ( archaic ) , værge c
Dutch: bewaarder (nl) m
Finnish: huoltaja (fi)
French: gardien (fr) m , gardienne (fr) f
German: Hüter (de) m , Hüterin (de) f , Kustos (de) m , Schützer (de) m , Schützerin (de) f , Vormund (de) m , Hausverwalter m , Hausverwalterin f
Indonesian: wali (id)
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Italian: custode (it)
Japanese: 保管人 ( ほかんにん, hokannin )
Latin: curator (la) m , curatrix f
Portuguese: guardião (pt) m ( of a person ) , zelador (pt) m ( of a place )
Romanian: custode (ro) m
Russian: опеку́н (ru) m ( opekún ) , попечи́тель (ru) m ( popečítelʹ ) , попечи́тельница (ru) f ( popečítelʹnica )
Swedish: förmyndare (sv) c
Tagalog: taga-ingat
Turkish: bekçi (tr) , koruyan ( law ) , nazır (tr) ( law ) , vasi (tr) ( law ) , yönetici (tr)
Further reading
“custodian ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“custodian ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“custodian ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Spanish
Verb
custodian
Second-person plural (ustedes ) present indicative form of custodiar .
Third-person plural (ellos , ellas , also used with ustedes ? ) present indicative form of custodiar .