Another word for sexton
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- One who attends to the maintenance or cleaning of a building.
- A doorman.
- One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.
- One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.
- One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another:
- One who is in charge of a sacristy.
- A sexton.
- Alternative spelling of bell ringer.
- A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
- (derogatory) A door-to-door salesman.
- The chief administrative official of a prison.
- An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations:
- The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.
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