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Caretaker

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Noun

1. caretaker

a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

2. caretaker

an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

Example Sentences:
'he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Caretaker

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noun
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
a person who takes care of a vulnerable person, often a close relative
See also carer

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Caretaker

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noun
1. 
a person hired to take care of something or someone, esp. of a house, estate, etc. for an owner who is not always in residence; custodian
2. 
a person temporarily carrying out the duties as of an office
3. 
a person who takes care of someone else; often, specif., caregiver
adjective
4. 
holding power temporarily; interim
a caretaker government

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Caretaker

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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