Custodian
[kʌ'stəʊdɪən] or [kʌ'stodɪən]
Definition
(n.) One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Guardian, keeper, curator, warden, superintendent.
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Examples
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Of this house the knowing man, the magician, would naturally become the custodian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such was the state of Christianity, and such were now the custodians of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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