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Word entry · 9 letters

custodian

Best crossword clue

"Building caretaker"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /kəˈstoʊdiən/Part of speech nounSorted acdinostuStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

Word origin

From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). By surface analysis, custody + -ian.

Used in a sentence

  • After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.
  • The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!
  • The middle class is the. demitone of human society, custodian of the balance, and no fair social order could exist without the cooperation of this class.

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