Crossword clues for custodian
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Custodian \Cus*to"di*an\ (k?s-t?"d?-an), n. [From Custody.] One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1781, from custody (Latin custodia) + -an. As "janitor," by 1944, American English, short for custodian-janitor (by 1899).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper. 2 (label en US Canada) a janitor; a cleaner
WordNet
Wikipedia
The term custodian may refer to:
- Person who has responsibility for or looks after something, such as a museum, financial assets, or a culture or tradition;
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Janitor, a person who cleans, maintains, provides security and initiates repairs or makes minor repairs to buildings;
- A nickname for association football's goalkeeper and rugby league football's fullback who may also be referred to as "sweepers";
- Custodian bank, an organization responsible for safeguarding a firm's or individual's financial assets;
- Custodian helmet, the helmet worn by many members of the British Police Force;
- Legal guardian or conservator, who may be called a custodian in some jurisdictions;
- The nickname for NBA basketball player Brian Cardinal.
Usage examples of "custodian".
Her entourage had retreated to the rim, to join Alfin, the treemouth custodian.
According to the file, Beane had started work in October as a custodian.
There was only an aged dvornik left as custodian, and he was a Kalmuk who barely spoke Russian.
To the custodian of the Memorabilia, each unsealing represented another decrease in the probable lifetime of the contents of the cask, and he made no attempt to conceal his disapproval of the entire proceeding.
First I knew was Pyrites, when you volunteered me as custodian for the damn crystal.
Harry Vincent held Quickie with a handcuff, while Margo Lane was custodian of Madame Yonina, a very curious arrangement, considering the comparative sizes of their wrists.
Othman bin Talha, the former custodian, to be kept by him and his posterity as an hereditary and perpetual office, and he further confirmed his uncle Abbas in the office of giving drink to the pilgrims.
Othman, the Khalifah, 4, 19 Othman bin Huwairith, the Hanyf, 133 Othman bin Talha, the custodian of the Kaabah, 3, 129 Oweis Al Keremi, the mystic, 95 P.
Deacon John, I, Praxeas, supreme chief of the court eunuchs, protonotary of the province, sole vicar of the deacon to the Priest, supreme custodian and logothete of the secret path.
The custodian of the Schloss came at last, and the Marches saw instantly that he was worth waiting for.
But it is all less keenly personal, less intimate than the simple garden-house, or else, with the great troop of people going through it, and the custodians lecturing in various voices and languages to the attendant groups, the Marches had it less to themselves, and so imagined him less in it.
This beginning, of course, must have dated back to the pre-war period and Sark, the future treasure custodian, had arranged it.
Alien Property Custodian vesting in himself, for the United States, under authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act and Executive Order, all rights of claimants in the vessels and to the fund substituted therefor was held not to be a violation of section four.
So much I learned from the custodian of the cemetery before I set out along the Aylesbury Road, refusing to think further about this incredible information until I had spoken with Paul Tuttle.
It was a functional, solid sort of place, not really in keeping with the elevated esthetics of the Custodians.