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caretaker (noun)

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  • caretaker — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a person employed to look after a public building. 2) (before another noun ) holding power temporarily: a caretaker government …   English terms dictionary

  • caretaker — Ⅰ. caretaker UK US /ˈkeəˌteɪkər/ noun [C] (US, Scottish also janitor, US also custodian) ► a person who is employed to take care of a large building, such as a school or office building, and to deal with the cleaning, repairs, etc.: »He lived on… …   Financial and business terms

  • caretaker — noun Date: 1801 1. one that gives physical or emotional care and support < served as caretaker to the younger children > 2. one that takes care of the house or land of an owner who may be absent 3. one temporarily fulfilling the function of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • caretaker government — UK US noun [countable] [singular caretaker government plural caretaker governments] a temporary government that is in charge of a country until a new government is elected Thesaurus: systems of government and types of government …   Useful english dictionary

  • caretaker speech — ˈcaretaker speech 7 [caretaker speech] noun uncountable (linguistics) a simple way of speaking that is used when talking to a child or other person who is learning to speak a language …   Useful english dictionary

  • caretaker — I (one caring for property) noun archivist, attendant, concierge, convoy, curator, custodian, governor, guard, guardian, keeper, lookout, overseer, porter, sentry, sexton, steward, superintendent, supervisor, warden, watchman II (one fulfilling… …   Law dictionary

  • caretaker government — caretaker ,government noun count a temporary government that is in charge of a country until a new government is elected …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • caretaker — 1858, from CARE (Cf. care) + agent noun of TAKE (Cf. take) …   Etymology dictionary

  • caretaker — noun 1》 a person employed to look after a public building. 2》 [as modifier] holding power temporarily: he was to act as caretaker Prime Minister. 3》 chiefly N. Amer. a person employed to look after people or animals …   English new terms dictionary

  • caretaker — noun (C) 1 BrE someone whose job is to look after a building, especially a school; janitor AmE 2 someone who looks after a house or land while the person who owns it is not there 3 AmE someone who looks after other people, especially a teacher,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • caretaker government — noun (C) a government that has power only for a short period of time between the end of one government and the start of another …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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