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What is a janitor?

What is a janitor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
    1. (Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
  2. A doorman.
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I opened the door and came face to face with a fat janitor smoking a cigarette and operating an extraordinarily loud vacuum.
On leaving the priesthood, he worked in a number of jobs including a doorman, a handyman and a janitor.
Westermann's tough-guy pose was fostered by early experiences as a professional acrobat, carpenter, railroad repairman and janitor.
My father was a skycap for United Airlines and worked nights as a janitor at the local library.
He came to California hardly knowing a soul and worked at every job imaginable from janitor to a roady in a car show.
Upon being hired, each janitor was given one shirt to wear at work, often a used one, and was responsible for washing and keeping it clean.

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