janitor
noun
a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
janitors
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pluralof janitor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
“Carson is a working-class community of janitors, barbers, bus drivers and longshoremen,” said attorney Gary Praglin of the Santa Monica-based law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
A museum guard stood outside the bathroom, and janitors cleaned the piece every 15 minutes or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
And I'm sure there will always be a need for janitors to keep the place clean, so there's that.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2025
Folks on Stella’s side of town worked as maids and cooks, janitors and sharecropping farmers.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
