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Janitress

Janitress \Jan"i*tress\, Janitrix \Jan"i*trix\, n. [L. janitrix. See Janitor.] A female janitor.

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janitress

n. a female janitor

Usage examples of "janitress".

Possibly by the last grisette, very old and now janitress in the neighborhood.

He then went downstairs to borrow a ladder from the janitress, after having explained that he had made interest with the old woman by painting the portrait of her cat, exhibited on the easel.

It was a janitress, large, fat, with her arms wound up in her apron, who received them there.