especially American EnglishAmEBOSE someone whose job is to look after a school or other large building 〔学校或大楼的〕看门人,门房,管理员SYN British English caretaker
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janitor• Bornfree in South Carolina in 1834, Turnerrefused to work alongside slaves, so he found work as a janitor.• The modernjanitor is given that title for having the keys to all doors in a building.• Their work was so secret they had neither janitors nor secretaries.• No janitor had ever been at work here.• Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to them-selves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.• He assumed that a porter or janitor was usually stationed there to be on call or to answerenquiries.• the school janitor• He was, like Aziz the janitor, definitely wearing one shoe and one slipper.• Back on the main road, Robert caught a glimpse of Aziz the janitor.