Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that is employed to look after or take charge of goods, property, or a person; a custodian.
- n. One that temporarily performs the duties of an office: The government resigned, but the premier served as caretaker until new leaders could be elected.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who takes care of something. Specifically —
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
- n. Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.
- adj. Temporary, on a short term basis.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
- n. an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
Etymologies
- From care + taker. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The use of the word "caretaker" suggests Mr. Ahmadinejad's task as head of the oil ministry might be only temporary.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ahmadinejad Steps In as Oil Ministry Chief
“And the fact that he ` s in Kentucky with his family means he ` s willing to build what I call a caretaker support network, where there are people to back her up and make her feel like she has family around.”
“Women can be more prone, simply because they are biologically programmed to be nurturers and to have what we call a caretaker personality.”
“The boys 'sole caretaker is Elaine, who also acts as their surrogate mother.”
“Her imitation of a human caretaker is providing scientists with new insight into social learning and the evolution of speech.”
“This caretaker is sacrificing her life to do this.”
“The primary caretaker is considered to hold a very special place in the child's affections, distinct from his attachments to others (Bowlby, J 1969).”
“It may be that a caretaker is deeply concerned for a depressed friend, but struggles to imagine their experience.”
“Our caretaker is going to insist that we top it all off with something nasty.”
“Just because Elvis Attwood, school caretaker from the Planet of the Loons, tripped over his own wheelbarrow (when I told him Jas was on fire), I am banned from school.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘caretaker’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Scriptie: The Return of the King
i can't carry it ..., at the end of all..., it's done, reach, eagles, veil, grass, water, cream, strawberries, barley, summer and 200 more...
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is this all there is
this is it
dillema, destruction, conundrum, proxy, spurious, usurp, divulge, vapid, lucid, malicious, ubseqious, burden and 75 more...
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Journey of a 300-Year-Old House
If you read this in order from top to bottom, the word progression suggests the "lifespan" of a 300-year-old house in Pennsylvania.
national register..., volunteers, storage, visitors, library, curator, quarters, caretaker, hardware, beam, chamfered, joists and 42 more...
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of me
words I would use to describe myself
ambidextrous, bibliophile, creative, dogmatic, energetic, fixated, generous, hyper, intelligent, jabbering, kvetching, lyrical and 48 more...
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