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Definition of Janitor
1. Noun. Someone employed to clean and maintain a building.
Definition of Janitor
1. n. A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.
Definition of Janitor
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building. ¹
2. Noun. a doorman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Janitor
1. a maintenance man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Janitor
Literary usage of Janitor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. School Hygiene by Fletcher Bascom Dresslar (1913)
"CHAPTER XXV QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF A SCHC janitor More Intelligent janitor
Service Demanded. — The evolution of the school janitor gives many side ..."
2. A.A.S.A. Official Report, Including a Record of the Annual Convention by American Association of School Administrators (1912)
"janitor service being physical and manual would seem to lend itself readily ...
The desire to improve the janitor service in my own system led me two years ..."
3. How to Plan a Library Building for Library Work by Charles Carroll Soule (1912)
"janitor The janitor in any library has important functions. In the smallest he
is the only assistant, and can be of great service to the lone librarian in ..."
4. Public School Methods (1916)
"In large school buildings, the teacher has no supervision of the janitor; ...
She should always treat the janitor courteously, and see that her pupils do ..."
5. School Management by Samuel Train Dutton (1904)
"janitor Service. Under this heading we may include everything pertaining to ...
In the first place, the office of janitor should be given the importance it ..."
6. Healthful Schools: How to Build, Equip, and Maintain Them by May Ayres Burgess, Jesse Feiring Williams, Thomas Denison Wood (1918)
"The school janitor is at once one of the most important and least ... In a few
cities there is a head janitor who has supervision over the others. ..."
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