0 a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc. --
1 a person whose job is to clean and take care of a building --
2 → caretaker noun --
The janitors received a wage increase, averaging about 7 percent, and better working conditions.
And the janitor was no gentleman at all.
A construction boom in the housing industry may have contributed to the decline of interest in prosecuting the janitors.
They spoke, the cops, to the janitor about that robbery yesterday.
They spoke to the janitor, the cops, about that robbery yesterday.
On the other hand, any one employer had a modest stake in his janitor, because he hired a fraction of his time.
Yet the masters and the janitor exercised considerable powers over the boys.
The trials of the janitors were part of the same misuse of public authority to intimidate the labor movement.
