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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As an infrastructure investor, you need to provide a public service, and you have to be a custodian of that asset, which, ultimately, you are going to pass on.
From Barron's
I’m just that current custodian looking after them for future generations,’ ” Walker said.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
But the market is a ruthless custodian of art.
In the world of traditional brokerages, buying or selling equities has meant interacting with layers of intermediaries: brokers; custodians, clearinghouses.
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