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Webster 1828 Edition

Janitor

JAN'ITOR

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Noun.

[L.] A door-keeper; a porter.

Definition 2025

janitor

janitor

English

Noun

janitor ‎(plural janitors) (female: janitress or janitrix (rare))

(chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
1. (Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
A doorman.

Synonyms

maintenance person
(mostly British) caretaker
cleaner
(British) concierge
custodian
(One who cleans and maintains a garden): groundskeeper
(One who maintains a collection, especially in a museum): curator
porter

Translations

caretaker

Armenian: (cleaning) հավաքարար (hy) ‎(havakʿarar)
Czech: domovmík m, domácí (cs) m, f, domovnice f
Dutch: conciërge (nl)
Finnish: huoltomies (fi), talonmies (fi), siivooja (fi), (colloquial) talkkari (fi)
French: concierge (fr) m, f
German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f, Hauswartin f, Hauswart m
Hungarian: házfelügyelő (hu), gondnok (hu)
Indonesian: marbot, pesuruh (id)

Polish: woźny m, woźna f
Portuguese: zelador (pt) m
Russian: дво́рник (ru) m ‎(dvórnik)
Serbo-Croatian: domar (sh) m
Spanish: conserje (es) m, bedel m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)
Tagalog: tagalinis

doorman

Armenian: դռնապան (hy) ‎(dṙnapan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人 (zh), 看门人 (zh) ‎(kānménrén)
Czech: vrátný (cs) m, vrátná f
Dutch: portier (nl)
Finnish: vahtimestari, ovimies (fi), ovenvartija, (dated) portieeri, (colloquial) portsari (fi)
French: portier (fr) m

German: Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin f
Hungarian: portás (hu), kapus (hu)
Irish: doirseoir m
Japanese: 玄関番 ‎(げんかんばん, genkanban)
Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
Russian: швейца́р (ru) m ‎(švejcár), портье́ (ru) m ‎(portʹjé), консьерж (ru) m ‎(konsʹjerž), вахтёр (ru) m ‎(vaxtjór), вахтёрша (ru) f ‎(vaxtjórša)
Serbo-Croatian: vratar (sh) m, portir (sh) m
Spanish: portero (es) m, portera f
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv) c