custos
custos is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- amanuensis
- and
- annalist
- antiquary
- antiquity
- ayah
- babu
- biographer
- bodyguard
- bonne
- bookkeeper
- castellan
- chronicler
- clerk
- coast
- concierge
- costa
- custodian
- duenna
- escort
- game
- gaoler
- governess
- governor
- guard
- guardian
- hayward
- historian
- historiographer
- interviewer
- jailer
- journalist
- keeper
- memorialist
- nanny
- narrator
- notary
- nurse
- protector
- prothonotary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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