janitors
USJAN-i-turz/ˈd͡ʒænɪtɚz/UKJAN-i-tuhz/ˈd͡ʒænɪtəz/
- 1Plural of janitor.
The school hired three new janitors to keep up with the larger campus.
Night-shift janitors waxed the hallway floors while the building stood empty.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular with it. In the US, the Philippines, Scotland and Hong Kong, janitors look after public buildings, especially schools, and the word can also mean doormen. Online it has a newer, sometimes derogatory use: forum moderators get called janitors, as if their job were sweeping up after everyone else.
janitors is a form of janitor
janitor, noun: A person responsible for the cleaning and upkeep of a public building. Full entry
- Forms
- janitorjanitors plural
- Spelling
- janitor → janitors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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