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as in porter
a person who tends a door
according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates
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Recent Examples of janitor
My mom was a janitor, my father was a trash man, my grandmother served food for 25 years for the community.
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Isaiah Mikhail, Essence, 13 May 2025
Take TikTok user Taylor Hamm’s airport dancing video, for example, in which a nonplussed airport janitor directly walks through her frame.
—Francesca Street, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The organization was founded in 1921 by a group of immigrants who worked as janitors.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Two janitors at Columbia University have filed a lawsuit against over 40 anti-Israel agitators who took over a campus building last April.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Isaiah Mikhail, Essence, 13 May 2025
Take TikTok user Taylor Hamm’s airport dancing video, for example, in which a nonplussed airport janitor directly walks through her frame.
—Francesca Street, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The organization was founded in 1921 by a group of immigrants who worked as janitors.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Two janitors at Columbia University have filed a lawsuit against over 40 anti-Israel agitators who took over a campus building last April.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for janitor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
Noun
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Work history, balances and identity stay with you, not employers or third-party custodians.—
Miguel Kudry,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Don and his mother were fixtures in the Post’s headquarters on Fifteenth Street; Don seemed to know everyone’s name—reporters, receptionists, custodians.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
Noun
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It is celebrated for its hop-forward IPAs (3 gold & 1 silver), but their lineup also includes lagers, pilsners, porters (1 gold), stouts, and sours.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Informal porters rolling luggage carts zigzagged between cars.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An associate warden at the prison said he was not authorized to speak to the media.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Purdy, known to her family as Bez Purdy, was loved by the Broomfield community and had been a church warden for 20 years before her untimely death, per the statement.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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His longtime caretaker and friend, Tony Wilson, announced his death in statement on Tuesday.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The news comes via a Facebook post from the musician’s caretaker, Tony Wilson, who shared on Tuesday (May 27) that Derringer had passed away at 8:09 p.m. on Monday.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
27 May 2025
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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