different between custodian vs sentry

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *cust?di?nus (“the office of a cust?dia”), implied in cust?di?n?tus, from Latin cust?dia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from cust?s (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Noun

custodian (plural custodians)

1. A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

2. (US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner

Derived terms

• custodianship

Related terms

• custodial
• custody

Translations

Further reading

• custodian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custodian in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• custodian at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Verb

custodian

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of custodiar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of custodiar.

English

Alternative forms

• centry, sentrie, sentery (all obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n?tr?, IPA^(key): /?s?nt?i/
• Rhymes: -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: sen?try

Noun

sentry (plural sentries)

1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
2. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4. A watchtower.
5. A animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Synonyms

• (nautical drag): kite

Translations

See also

• sentinel

Anagrams

• Tyners