Etymology
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From Medieval Latin *custōdiānus (“the office of a custōdia”), implied in custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).
Pronunciation
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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.
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Translations
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a person entrusted with the custody or care
- Azerbaijani: qəyyum
- Bulgarian: попечи́тел (bg) m (popečítel), попечи́телка f (popečítelka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 監護人/监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén)
- Danish: formynder c (archaic), værge (da) c
- Dutch: bewaarder (nl) m
- Finnish: huoltaja (fi)
- French: gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f
- German: Hüter (de) m, Hüterin (de) f, Kustos (de) m, Schützer (de) m, Schützerin (de) f, Vormund (de) m, Hausverwalter (de) m, Hausverwalterin (de) f, Hausmeister (de) m
- Indonesian: wali (id)
- Italian: custode (it)
- Japanese: 保管人 (ほかんにん, hokannin)
- Korean: 보관인(保管人) (bogwanin)
- Latin: curator (la) m, curatrix f
- Macedonian: ста́рател m (stáratel), стара́телка f (starátelka), на́стојник m (nástojnik), насто́јница f (nastójnica)
- 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)
- Spanish: custodio (es) m, custodia (es) f, depositario m, depositaria f
- Swedish: förmyndare (sv) c
- Tagalog: taga-ingat
- Turkish: bekçi (tr), koruyan (law), nazır (tr) (law), vasi (tr) (law), yönetici (tr)
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Further reading
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- “custodian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “custodian”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “custodian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.