janitor
Plural: janitors
Noun
- A person employed to clean and maintain a building.
- someone employed to clean and maintain a building
- Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
- Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
- A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
- A doorman.
- A moderator for a discussion forum.
Examples
- Even the JANITOR of the Scrabble club knew that ’QI’ was a valid two-letter word.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).
Synonyms
caretaker, cleaner, curator, custodian, groundskeeper, jannie, janny, maintenance person, mod, moderator, porter
Scrabble Score: 14
janitor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjanitor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
janitor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary