Janitor


noun
1.
a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
2.
Archaic. a doorkeeper or porter.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be employed as a janitor.
noun
1.
(Scot & US, Canadian) the caretaker of a building, esp a school
2.
(mainly US & Canadian) a person employed to clean and maintain a building, esp the public areas in a block of flats or office building; porter

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