Janitor
['dʒænɪtə] or ['dʒænɪtɚ]
Definition
(n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Porter, CONCIÈRGE, door-keeper.
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Definition
n. a doorkeeper: a porter:—fem. Jan′itrix.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a janitor, denotes bad management and disobedient children. Unworthy servants will annoy you. To look for a janitor and fail to find him, petty annoyances will disturb your otherwise placid existence. If you find him, you will have pleasant associations with strangers, and your affairs will have no hindrances.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
From jangle, to quarrel, and torrid, meaning hot. Hot and quarrelsome.
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Examples
- He was told it was done at night by the janitor, who was sent for, and upon being interrogated as to what light he used, said that he turned on a central fixture containing about ten lights. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the expiration of that time, wheels were heard whirling up to the gate--the young janitor went out with his gate-keys. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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