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Definition: Custodian |
CustodianNoun1. One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "custodian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | An institution that safekeeps and takes care of the administration of securities and other financial assets on behalf of others. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A bank which holds securities on behalf of investors. The tasks typically performed by a custodian include:safekeeping of securities, clearing trades and collecting principal, interest or dividend payments on held securities. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A financial institution that holds in custody and for safekeeping the securities and other assets of an investment company. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CustodianSynonyms: keeper (n), steward (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Keeper | Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper. |
Safety | Protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna, chaperon, third person. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Custodian |
| English words defined with "custodian": caretaker, conservator, curator, Curatrix, Custode, custodianship, Custodier, Custos ♦ nanny, nurse, nursemaid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "custodian": ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY ♦ reliquary ♦ security custodian, SUPERVISOR, HISTORIC SITES ♦ Uniform Gift to Minors Act. (references) |
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Economic History | Kazakhstan | Custodian banks hold pension assets. (references) |
Philippines | The data reflects foreign investment remittances registered with the Bangko Sentral or a designated custodian bank. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | He used his influence as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to persuade other Arab and Islamic nations to join the coalition. (references) | |
Human Rights | Panama | The DGSP does not have authority to discipline prison guards with criminal or civil sanctions; only the PNP disciplinary board can sanction a PNP agent or a custodian. (references) |
Minorities | Egypt | If a Christian girl converts to Islam, her family loses guardianship, which transfers to a Muslim custodian, who is likely to grant approval. (references) |
Trade | Kazakhstan | Nine banks now have licenses to carry out custodian services at the securities markets. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Custodian" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Custodian" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 132 | 27,743 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "custodian": security custodian. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "custodian": depositary-custodian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "custodian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rojtar (care-taker, ganger, gangsman, gaoler, old timer, overlooker, sentinel, sentry, watch, watchdog, watchman), rojë (escort, guard, guards, guardsman, janitor, keeper, look out, picket, piquet, sentinel, sentry, vigil, ward, watchman), kujdestar (care-taker, chaperon, Guardian, keeper, Proctor, Shepherd, trustee, tutelary, warden). (various references) | |
Arabic | حافظ (lie low, look after, maintain, preservative, preserve, take part, tutelary), القيم (trustee, valuable, warden), الأمين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уредник (caretaker, dispensator, keeper, manager), кустос (curator), опекун (committee, tutor), попечител (conservator, curator, sponsor, trustee), пазач (chokidar, guard, keeper, warden, watcher), пазител (depositary, keeper, protection, protector, watchdog). (various references) | |
Chinese | 保管人. (various references) | |
Czech | strážce (watchman), poruèník (curator, Guardian, trustee, tutor), ochránce (backer, Guardian, patron, protector), dozorce (attendant, Guardian, inspector, keeper, locksman, overseer, supervisor, viewer, warden). (various references) | |
Danish | værge, forvarer (security custodian), depotbank (security custodian), autoriseret agent. (various references) | |
Dutch | sekwester (sequestra), depositaris, bewaarnemer, bewaarder van het sekwester, bewaarder (guard), beheerder (administrator, manager). (various references) | |
Farsi | متولی (Proctor, Trustee), نگهبان (Curator, Escort, Guardian, Guardsman, Keeper, Lifeguard, Sentinel, Sentry, Ward, Warden, Watchdog, Watchman), سرایدار (Caretaker, Janitor). (various references) | |
Finnish | vastuuhenkilö, takavarikoidun omaisuuden tallettaja, takavarikoidun omaisuuden hoitaja, arvopaperien säilyttäjä (security custodian). (various references) | |
French | conservateur (curator). (various references) | |
German | Aufseher (attendant, caretaker, checker, conductor, controller, guard, inspector, invigilator, keeper, overman, overseer, overseers, Ranger, supervisor, supervisors, warden, wardens, warder). (various references) | |
Greek | κηδεμών, φύλακασ (guard, keeper, warden), φύλακας (guard, security guard), φρουρόσ (guard, guardsman, look out, patrol, patrolman, sentinel, sentry, vedette, vidette, warder, watch, watchdog, watchman), επιστάτησ (caretaker, foreman, gaffer, janitor, steward, stewardess, superintendent, supervisor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שרת (caretaker, custody, janitor, operator, service personnel, serviceman, servo), אפיטרופוס (administrator, executor, procurator, trustee), אפוטרופוסות (guardianship, tutelage, wardage), אפוטרופוס (bailee). (various references) | |
Hungarian | múzeumvezető (curator), gondnok (caretaker, curator, guardian, janitor, manciple, overseer, warden). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penjaga (coster, guard, guardian, keeper). (various references) | |
Italian | custode (attendant, caretaker, doorkeeper, Guardian, janitor, keeper, warden), sequestratario, portiere (clerk, concierge, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeepers, goalie, goalkeeper, janitor, porter, receptionist), garante (bail, guarantee, guarantor, sponsor, surety, warranter, warrantor), depositario (bailee, depositary, reservoir), banca depositaria (security custodian), amministratore giudiziario. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 監守人 , 保管人 (trustee). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほか"に" (trustee), か"しゅに". (various references) | |
Korean | 관리책임자. (various references) | |
Manx | meoir (agent of estate, bailiff, curator, ganger, keeper, manager, mayor, prefect, steward, supervisor, taskmaster), freilleyder (conservationist, conservator, keeper, preserver). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustodiancay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | zelador (caretaker, janitor, keeper, taskmaster), guarda (cater, check-taker, chokidar, guard, guardianship, headboard, household troops, keeper, keeping, minder, police officer, protector, safe conduct, safeguard, tendance, tender, tenter, trustee, ward, warden, watch, watcher, watchman). (various references) | |
Romanian | custode (conservator, curator, Guardian, keeper), tutore (Guardian, trustee, tutor). (various references) | |
Russian | хранитель (curator, keeper, storer). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | staratelj (guardian, keeper, trustee, tutor), nastojinik, domar (janitor, superintendent), čuvar (attendant, caretaker, doorkeeper, guard, guardian, keeper, warder). (various references) | |
Spanish | custodio (Guardian). (various references) | |
Swedish | väktare (guard, guardian, watchman), förmyndare (curator, Guardian, trustee). (various references) | |
Turkish | veli (conservator, curator, Guardian, patron), vasi (administrator, conservator, Guardian, tutelar, tutelary, tutor), sorumlu kimse (in charge), muhafız (bodyguard, escort, guard, Guardian, keeper, warden), kapıcı (care-taker, commissionaire, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, janitor, porter, super, superintendent, usher), bekçi (care-taker, gatekeeper, guard, keeper, proctor's dog, proctor's man, warden, warder, watcher, watchman). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сторож (caretaker, doorkeeper, doorman, tender, wait, warden, warder, watch, watcher), хранитель (curator, preserver, treasurer, watchman), охоронець (body-guard, caretaker, conservator, depositary, escort, keeper), опікун (administrator, committee, curator, fiduciary, trustee). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người trông coi, người chăm sóc (ministrant), người canh giữ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "custodian": custodians, custodianship, custodianships. (additional references) | |
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"Custodian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: custodia, Custodiat, custodiet, custordian, suttonian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "custodian" (pronounced kustō"dēun) |
| 5 | -ō" d ē u n | collodion, nickelodeon, Odeon. |
| 4 | -d ē u n | accordion, arcadian, circadian, comedian, Guardian, median, meridian, obsidian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | agrarian, alien, amphibian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, champion, Clarion, contrarian, criterion, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, mediterranean, Napoleon, nonsectarian, oblivion, octogenarian, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: auctions, cautions, conduits, discount, noctuids, sudation. | |
-2 letters: acinous, actions, astound, atonics, auction, cations, caution, conatus, conduit, dacoits, discant, inducts, noctuid, suction, toucans. | |
-3 letters: acinus, actins, action, adonis, anodic, antics, atonic, audios, audits, canids, cantos, cantus, casino, cation, coatis, coitus, cotans, counts, cousin, cutins, dacoit, danios, daunts, dicast, dicots, donuts, ducats, induct, nastic, nicads. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: abductions, adductions, custodians, educations. | |
+2 letters: adjunctions, coatimundis, cuspidation, decussation, inosculated, outdistance. | |
+3 letters: acidulations, coeducations, conquistador, counterraids, cuspidations, decussations, discountable, duplications, educationese, educationist, elucidations, fecundations, miseducation, noncustodial, nucleotidase, outdistanced, outdistances, reeducations, transduction, unassociated, unsanctioned. | |
+4 letters: adjudications, claudications, conquistadors, cotransducing, custodianship, denunciations, disfunctional, documentalist, documentaries, documentarist, dysfunctional, educationeses, educationists, eudaemonistic, medicamentous, miseducations, noneducations, nucleotidases, outdistancing, transductions, unconstrained, undercoatings, undissociated. | |
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