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Plural of janitor

regular plural

The plural of janitor is janitors.

Forms of janitor

Singularjanitor /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/
Pluraljanitors
Countablecountable

Janitors in a sentence

  • Yesterday’s lowly charwomen mopped floors, as do today’s cleaning ladies, janitors and minimum-wagers at McDonald’s.2021 December 7, Michael Arndt, “Celebrating the transcendental joy of household chores — yes, even mopping”, in Naples Daily News, volume…. From the entry minimum-wager
  • Locked, empty classrooms on either side, other halls opening up to go down to the caf, two janitors' closets.2009, Lili St. Crow, Betrayals. From the entry caf

Meaning of janitor

  1. noun Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
  2. noun 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).
  3. noun A doorman.

Full definition of janitor

Questions about the plural of janitor

What is the plural of janitor?
The plural of janitor is janitors.
Is janitor countable?
Janitor is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: janitor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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