Janitor

/d‍ʒˈænɪtɐ/

/ˈdʒænətɝ/

[noun]

Janitor

[NOUN]

someone whose job is cleaning and taking care of a school or other building

Examples

1. When the company's management team ignored the warnings of a janitor who had worked there for 20 years, they learned the hard way that jesters do oft prove prophets.

2. The young man started out working as a janitor, but he had big dreams of going up in the world and becoming a successful businessman.

3. The stubborn janitor had been refusing to fix the broken water fountain for weeks, but the principal knew that kind words would unlock an iron door, so he approached the janitor gently and respectfully and finally the janitor agreed to make the repairs.

4. The stubborn janitor had been refusing to fix the broken water fountain for weeks, but the principal knew that kind words would unlock an iron door, so he approached the janitor gently and respectfully and finally the janitor agreed to make the repairs.