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custodian
[ kuh-stoh-dee-uhn ]
noun
- a person who has custody; keeper; guardian.
- a person entrusted with guarding or maintaining a property; janitor.
custodian
/ ʌˈəʊɪə /
noun
- a person who has custody, as of a prisoner, ward, etc
- a guardian or keeper, as of an art collection, etc
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ٴd·· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of custodian1
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Example Sentences
With no parent or legal custodian, unaccompanied minors are transferred to ORR within 72 hours.
It is a key custodian for Tether, a crypto platform with the most widely used stablecoin in the world that has faced persistent scrutiny over its reserve transparency and alleged use in illicit finance.
Sam became the custodian of Valentine's Day Mascara, which speaks to the theme of domestic violence, incidents of which usually spike each Valentine's Day.
Although its seven articles have been amended and interpreted in different ways throughout the years, they still guide today's literary custodians, with the foremost being to stand against censorship.
Many are facing a new reality as the Trump administration stripped away legal funding for those who crossed the border without a parent or legal custodian.
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