Entry Word: custodian

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner <the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK>

Synonyms caretaker, guardian, janitor, keeper, warden, watchman

Related Words curator; sexton; steward

2 a person or group that watches over someone or something <the proud custodian of the clanʼs Celtic traditions> — see guard 1
3 someone that protects <he will be his nieceʼs custodian until she reaches legal age> — see protector