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custodian

noun
/kəˈstoʊdiən/

Etymology

From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). By surface analysis, custody + -ian.

  1. derived from custōdia
  2. borrowed from custōdiānātus

Definitions

  1. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone

    A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

    • After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.
    • The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!
    • The middle class is the. demitone of human society, custodian of the balance, and no fair social order could exist without the cooperation of this class.

  2. An administrator.

  3. A gaolkeeper.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A protector or guard.

    2. A janitor

      A janitor; a cleaner.

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Derived

cryptocustodian, custodianship

Vish — recursive loop

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