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custos.

A warden.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌ.stɒs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʌˌstɑs/General-American/-ˌstoʊs/General-American
  1. A warden.

    obsolete
  2. A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.

  3. In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin custōs.

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