Usually means: Cleans and maintains building facilities.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word Janitor:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. janitor: Merriam-Webster
  2. janitor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. janitor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. janitor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. janitor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Janitor, janitor: Wordnik
  7. janitor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. janitor: Wiktionary
  9. janitor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. janitor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. janitor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Janitor, janitor: Dictionary.com
  13. janitor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. janitor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Janitor (Scrubs), Janitor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Janitor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. janitor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. janitor: Rhymezone
  19. janitor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. janitor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Janitor: American-Britih Dictionary
  22. janitor: FreeDictionary.org
  23. janitor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. janitor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. janitor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Janitor, The Janitor (Scrubs), janitor, the janitor: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See janitorial as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (janitor)

▸ noun:  (chiefly US, Philippines) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
▸ noun:  (Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
▸ noun:  A doorman.
▸ noun:  (Internet slang, 4chan, sometimes derogatory) A moderator for a discussion forum.

Similar:
custodian, cleaner, housecleaner, underjanitor, maintainer, cleaner-upper, caretaker, housekeeper, streetcleaner, window cleaner, more...

Opposite:
custodian

Types:
custodian, maintenance man, cleaner, sweeper, maid, housekeeper, janitorial staff, more...

Phrases:
janitor closet, more...

Adjectives:
old, black, new, assistant, time, colored, good, young, former, elderly, chief

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    blue,     gray,     green,     brown,     khaki, more...


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Similar:
custodian, cleaner, housecleaner, underjanitor, maintainer, cleaner-upper, caretaker, housekeeper, streetcleaner, window cleaner, more...

Opposite:
custodian

Types:
custodian, maintenance man, cleaner, sweeper, maid, housekeeper, janitorial staff, more...

Phrases:
janitor closet, more...

Adjectives:
old, black, new, assistant, time, colored, good, young, former, elderly, chief

Colors:
    blue,     gray,     green,     brown,     khaki, more...



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