[kair-tey-ker] 
| 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. |
| 5. | involving the temporary performance of the duties of an office: a caretaker government. |
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