claviger
NOUN
custodian
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
Example Sentences
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Perhaps even clavus, a nail, must also be considered, for a Latin vocabulary of the fifteenth century tells us— "Claves, -vos vel -vas qui fert sit claviger."
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest