caretaker

care·tak·er  (kârtkr)

n.

1. One that is employed to look after or take charge of goods, property, or a person; a custodian.

2. One that temporarily performs the duties of an office: The government resigned, but the premier served as caretaker until new leaders could be elected.

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caretaker

Noun

a person employed to look after a place or thing

Adjective

performing the duties of an office temporarily: a caretaker administration

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) concierge - a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter custodian, keeper, steward - one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals sacristan, sexton - an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects super, superintendent - a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector verger - a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
	2.	caretaker - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected" functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

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caretaker

noun 1. warden, keeper, porter, superintendent, curator, custodian, watchman, janitor, concierge

adjective 2. temporary, holding, short-term, interim

Translations

caretaker [ˈkɛəteɪkəʳ] n → portero/a, conserje m/f

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caretaker [ˈkɛəteɪkəʳ] care n → gardien(ne) → concierge m/f

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caretaker [ˈkɛəteɪkəʳ] n → Hausmeister(in) m(f)

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caretaker [ˈkɛəteɪkəʳ] n → custode m