Custodian

The term custodian may refer to:

  • Janitor, a person who cleans, maintains, provides security and initiates repairs or makes minor repairs to buildings.
    • A nickname for association football's goalkeeper and rugby league football's fullback who may also be referred to as 'sweepers'.
  • Custodian bank, an organization responsible for safeguarding a firm's or individual's financial assets
  • Custodian helmet, the helmet worn by many members of the British Police Force
  • A legal guardian or conservator (law) may be called a custodian in some jurisdictions
  • The Custodian of the Holy Land, an appointed office in the Franciscan order, which is approved by the Vatican
  • The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the official title of the head of Saudi Arabia, where the two holiest mosques of Islam are located.
  • Nickname for NBA basketball player Brian Cardinal.

Famous quotes containing the word custodian:

    The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.
    Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)