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 Definitions of janitor  [ˈdʒæn ɪ tər]  

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Definition of 'janitor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) janitor
a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to keep the public areas clean and do minor repairs; caretaker.

2.  janitor
Archaic. a doorkeeper or porter.

Etymology:  (1575–85; < L jānitor doorkeeper =jāni-, comb. form of jānus doorway, covered passage +-tor -tor)

Definition of 'janitor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) janitor
someone employed to clean and maintain a building
Definition of 'janitor' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) janitor
sb whose job is to clean and maintain a building
the school janitor
Definition of 'janitor' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) janitor
a door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc
Translation of 'janitor' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a caretaker or a doorkeeper.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deurwaarder, deurwagter Arabic flag Arabic: حارِس بِنايَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разсилен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: porteiro Czech flag Czech: vrátný, -á; domovník, -ic German flag German: der/die Pförtner(in)
Danish flag Danish: vicevært; portner Greek flag Greek: επιστάτης, θυρωρός Spanish flag Spanish: conserje, portero; conser
Estonian flag Estonian: uksehoidja, majahoidja Farsi flag Farsi: سرایدار؛ دربان Finnish flag Finnish: talonmies
French flag French: concierge Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁרַת Hindi flag Hindi: दरबान
Croatian flag Croatian: domar Hungarian flag Hungarian: portás Indonesian flag Indonesian: penjaga pintu atau gedung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: húsvörður Italian flag Italian: portiere; bidello Japanese flag Japanese: 門番
Korean flag Korean: 잡역부, 청소부 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sargas, durininkas Latvian flag Latvian: šveicars; vārtsargs
Malay flag Malay: penjaga Dutch flag Dutch: portier Norwegian flag Norwegian: vaktmester, portner
Polish flag Polish: dozorca, woźny Persian flag Persian: سرایدار؛ دربان Pashto flag Pashto: ورساتونكې، دروازه وان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: porteiro Romanian flag Romanian: administrator; portar Russian flag Russian: привратник
Slovak flag Slovak: vrátnik, -čka; domovník, Slovenian flag Slovenian: hišnik Serbian flag Serbian: domar (domarka), nastojni
Swedish flag Swedish: fastighetsskötare, dörrva Thai flag Thai: ภารโรง Turkish flag Turkish: kapıcı, odacı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 看門人，門房 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сторож; швейцар Urdu flag Urdu: دربان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người trông nhà Chinese flag Chinese: 看门人

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