custodian
Americannoun
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a person who has custody; keeper; guardian.
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a person entrusted with guarding or maintaining a property; janitor.
noun
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a person who has custody, as of a prisoner, ward, etc
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a guardian or keeper, as of an art collection, etc
Other Word Forms
- custodianship noun
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He said in a statement that he was "more than a performer; he was the custodian of a uniquely South African sound that travelled across the world and united people through music".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The company, for example, called the separation of the roles of broker, exchange, and custodian into different firms a “a legacy of a paper-based system” unnecessary in the tokenized universe.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
I’m just that current custodian looking after them for future generations,’ ” Walker said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Few institutions embody France’s cultural inheritance as fully as the Louvre, whose galleries trace the arc of civilizations while reflecting the French state’s centuries-old role as custodian of artistic treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Yvonne, Ma’s girlfriend for years, was a custodian at Tuttle’s Toy Emporium at Rockefeller Center downtown.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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