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janitor

Syllables: jan·i·tor/ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/US/ˈd͡ʒænɪtɚ/

janitor noun: someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.

Noun

janitor (plural janitors)

  1. (Philippines, US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
    1. (Hong-Kong, Philippines, Scotland, US) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).
  2. A doorman.
  3. (Internet, derogatory, sometimes) A moderator for a discussion forum.
    Synonyms:
    jannie, janny

janitor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

janitor in Hindi

janitor
दरवान darvān

janitor in Tamil

வாயிற்காவலர்

janitor in Urdu

janitor
دروان darvān

janitor in Bengali

দ্বাররক্ষক, দারোয়ান, দৌবারিক, পরিচারক, তত্ত্বাবধায়ক
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janitor in Malayalam
വാതിൽ കാവൽക്കാരൻ, ദ്വാരപാലകൻ
janitor in Kannada
ದ್ವಾರಪಾಲಕ, ದಫೇದಾರ, ಗೃಹರಕ್ಷಕ, ಕಂಬಿಗ
janitor in Tagalog
tagalinis, dyanitor
janitor in Arabic
بَوَّاب bawwāb
janitor in Indonesian
marbut, pesuruh
janitor in Persian
دربان darbân

Examples of janitor in a sentence

  • Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.
  • Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.
  • That janitor who's always talking about blood creeps me out.

All 19 example sentences with janitor

Synonyms of janitor

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Forms of janitor

pluraljanitors
femininejanitress
feminine (rare)janitrix

Plural of janitor: janitors

Origin of janitor

From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).

Words formed from janitor

Phrases with janitor

Questions about janitor

What does janitor mean?
Janitor means someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
What is janitor in Hindi?
Janitor in Hindi is दरवान (darvān). See Janitor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is janitor?
Janitor is a noun.
How do you pronounce janitor?
Janitor is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of janitor?
The plural of janitor is janitors.

Words near janitor in the dictionary

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  2. Janiszewski
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  7. janitor fish
  8. janitor fishes
  9. janitorial
  10. janitorially
  11. janitoriat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: janitor (page history and authors); दरवान (Hindi) (page history and authors); janitor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دروان (Urdu) (page history and authors); janitor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); janitor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); janitor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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