janitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce janitor in British English:
UK [ˈdʒænɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce janitor in American English:
US [ˈdʒænɪtɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone employed to clean and maintain a building
Word Origin
- janitor (n.)
- 1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor "doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708.
Example
- 1. The janitor gets to explain why something went wrong .
- 2. The janitor outfit made people think the same face was black .
- 3. I guess when the janitor let it be know that he could mop floors and wipe down blackboards he was soon busy with those tasks .
- 4. And yet , when you were in high school you may not have felt that the janitor was the most powerful representative of the school board .
- 5. Considering that watching the doors was once the job of a god , its no wonder that someone else with more power at the school board took over that role while the poor old janitor was busy with his pail .