janitor
noun
jan·i·tor
ˈja-nə-tər 
1
: one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs
2
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Examples of janitor in a Sentence
got a job as the night janitor at the elementary school
according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates
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His father, Cuney Earl Williams, was a janitor at a white church, while his mother, Sylvia Lizzie Best, was a teacher who later owned an employment agency.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Holland was a student at USC, already with a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in molecular biology to his name, and was working on his PhD. Noodles worked as a janitor at Earl Warren Elementary School in Garden Grove.
—Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Holland was a student at USC, already with a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in molecular biology to his name, and was working on his PhD. Noodles worked as a janitor at Earl Warren Elementary School in Garden Grove.
—Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/janitor. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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