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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
Two janitors at Columbia University have filed a lawsuit against over 40 anti-Israel agitators who took over a campus building last April.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
House painters, the janitor, loiterers that residents described as degenerates, and one handsome dandy who was badgering a tenant all came under police scrutiny.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The janitors, Mariano Torres and Lester Wilson, filed the lawsuit on Friday in the Southern District of New York.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
The Accountant 2 star told PEOPLE in 2020 that his father, a former janitor, had marked 30 years of sobriety at the time.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
House painters, the janitor, loiterers that residents described as degenerates, and one handsome dandy who was badgering a tenant all came under police scrutiny.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The janitors, Mariano Torres and Lester Wilson, filed the lawsuit on Friday in the Southern District of New York.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
The Accountant 2 star told PEOPLE in 2020 that his father, a former janitor, had marked 30 years of sobriety at the time.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
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The school board approved the closing of three elementary schools and the elimination of 19 teaching jobs and more than 100 other jobs, including 25 custodians.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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Oertel learned all the jobs in the house, from porter to mechanic, cashier to cook, and everything in between.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Don’t miss the Coconut Hiwa porter, made with toasted coconut, and Pineapple Mana wheat beer.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
28 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
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Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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Blackwell, the warden, even ordered a full search of Alcatraz on the off chance the men never actually left.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
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Were you tempted to throw your warden into that number in some form or fashion?—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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May 2, 2025 The designation of the AfD as extremist came as a surprise, as it was made with just days left for an outgoing caretaker government.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2025
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Image As his basketball career ended, Mr. Love became Brian Wilson’s caretaker in the 1970s and ’80s, during a turbulent period for Mr. Wilson, his cousin, whose innovative songwriting and flair for sophisticated harmonies were complicated by drug use and mental illness.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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