英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /kəˈstoʊdiən/
• 韻: -əʊdiən

名詞

custodian (複数形 custodians)

1. 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!

2. (US, Canada) A janitor; a cleaner.

   The custodian does such admirable work, deftly wielding a mop to keep our hallways and sidewalks free of buai pekpek left by people who chew betelnuts to be "cool" but don't even bother finding a rubbish bin or spit cup to dispose of the pekpek with.

派生語

• custodianship

関連する語

• custodial
• custody

Further reading

• “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 at OneLook Dictionary Search