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Custodian

Cus-to′di-an

(k?s-t?′d?-an)

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Noun.

[From

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One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

Definition 2024

custodian

custodian

English

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

Derived terms

custodianship

Related terms

Translations

A person entrusted with the custody or care

Bulgarian: попечител (bg) ‎(popečitel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監護人 (zh), 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 f, Kustos (de) m, Schützer m, Schützerin f, Vormund (de) m, Hausverwalter m, Hausverwalterin f

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 c
Tagalog: taga-ingat
Turkish: bekçi (tr), koruyan (law), nazır (tr) (law), vasi (tr) (law), yönetici (tr)

(US) a janitor

Bulgarian: пазач (bg) ‎(pazač)
German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f

Turkish: kapıcı (tr)

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.