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janitress

[ jan-i-tris ]

noun

  1. a woman who is a janitor.


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Gender Note

See -ess.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of janitress1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; janit(o)r + -ess
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The school janitress Sally Swing trucks and scats her way to campus stardom but vintage jitterbug moves notwithstanding, the cartoon was most likely chosen for the climactic scene in which a cap and gown descend upon her from on high.

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She worked as a janitress and kept three tenement houses clean.

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They owned this privilege because Francie’s mother was the janitress.

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They were leaving most of their furniture for the new janitress.

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Johnny swore that he wouldn’t have his wife a janitress.

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