custodian

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
    — After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.
  2. An administrator.
  3. A gaolkeeper.
  4. A protector or guard.
  5. A janitor; a cleaner. Canada,US

词形变化

custodians plural

词汇关系

词源

From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). By surface analysis, custody + -ian.
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