custodian.

1. Someone responsible for looking after a place, object, or collection.

2. An institution or person that holds and safeguards financial assets for their owners.

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Words that belong together

• museum custodian
• custodian of records

On the page

The museum custodian noticed the damaged seal before opening time.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular custodian; plural custodians. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.