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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Custodian BrE & AmE
How is the word custodian commonly used in the US and the UK?
In an ESL book here, I see an illustration of a man (holding a mop) labeled custodian. This tells me that a custodian is the same as a janitor.
In our school we call the person in charge of the care of the school's properties the property custodian
The dictionary defines the word either as a janitor or a caretaker of the land of an absentee landlord.
How do the native speakers normally use the term?
In an ESL book here, I see an illustration of a man (holding a mop) labeled custodian. This tells me that a custodian is the same as a janitor.
In our school we call the person in charge of the care of the school's properties the property custodian
The dictionary defines the word either as a janitor or a caretaker of the land of an absentee landlord.
How do the native speakers normally use the term?
Top answer
My first thought is the "janitor" meaning. "
- My first thought is the "janitor" meaning.
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My first thought is the "janitor" meaning.
The other meaning, for me, is "caretaker."
The other meaning, for me, is "caretaker."
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In AmE you use the term custodian as often as the term janitor to refer to that person who cleans the building premises?
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