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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-stoh-dee-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kʌˈstoʊ di ən |
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Définition of custodian
Origin :- 1781, from custody (Latin custodia) + -an. As "janitor," by 1944, American English, short for custodian-janitor (by 1899).
- noun caretaker, maintenance person
- It was a new thing for him to be the custodian of so much treasure.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Dick turned, and followed his custodian out of the office in silence.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- This child was the daughter of some custodian of the demesne before me.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- It was Pete Ellinwood, the fire marshal of the village and custodian of the apparatus.
- Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
- “No,” cried my custodian, pushing me forward with the butt-end of his gun.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- Down in a valley, the window-panes of a custodian's house were lighted up.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- It does not seem to strike him that the Italian is not the custodian of the pictures, but the creator of them.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
- They had all simply walked on, and the custodian had locked the gate behind them.
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- She is the custodian of interests dearer to her than her own.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- Some of the American cases have been denied, on the ground that the custodian was not a servant.
- Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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