caretaker
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kər noun
1.
a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
2.
a person or group that temporarily performs the duties of an office.
3.
British. a janitor.
4.
a person who takes care of another.
adjective
5.
involving the temporary performance of the duties of an office: a caretaker government.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is in charge of a place or thing, esp in the owner's absence: the caretaker of a school |
| 2. | (modifier) holding office temporarily; interim: a caretaker government |
| 3. | social welfare See also carer a person who takes care of a vulnerable person, often a close relative |
| 'caretaking | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts not only about seizure response dogs, but also about my former caretaker.
Since becoming the collection's official caretaker, she has reached out to specialists in metals, plastics and rubber.
It's really a mausoleum, and he is both caretaker and corpse.
Voting was suspended and a caretaker government was appointed to root out corruption.
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