— janitorial /jan'i tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj.
/jan"i teuhr/ , n.
1. a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
2. Archaic. a doorkeeper or porter.
v.i.
3. to be employed as a janitor.
[ 1575-85; janitor doorkeeper, equiv. to jani- (comb. form of janus doorway, covered passage) + -tor -TOR ]