custodian

noun

cus·to·di·an | \ ˌkə-ˈstō-dē-ən

Definition of custodian

: one that guards and protects or maintains especially : one entrusted with guarding and keeping property or records or with custody or guardianship of prisoners or inmates

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Examples of custodian in a Sentence

the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities

Recent Examples on the Web Jordan, the custodian of many important Muslim and Christian sites in the city, feels like it has been left with little choice than to issue statements of condemnation from Amman, less than 100 kilometers away. — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 27 Apr. 2022 The foreign office forwarded his inquiry to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (S.P.K.), then the custodian of the world’s second-largest collection of Benin Bronzes. — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 Henson Orser, president of Komainu Holdings Ltd., a custodian of digital assets, said that so far there hasn’t yet been a regulatory framework established for such issues as the entry of data and the segregation of fees. — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2022 In the 1986 movie, Matlin took the Oscar for her performance as a custodian at a school for the deaf. — al, 14 Mar. 2022 In reality, though, a reputable custodian does so much more. — Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022 Another, a hospital custodian, appeared to blot her eyes. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2022 Bradley is free on an $25,000 bond into the custody of a third-party custodian, federal authorities said in the statement. — Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2022 On Wednesday, police said, Richards and Banks went to the residence where the child had been placed unannounced, and unplanned, and took the child without the knowledge of the child’s current custodian. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022 See More

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