caretaker

noun

1. 1

   Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

   Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.

   ‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’

2. 2

   Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).

adjective

1. 1

   Temporary, on a short term basis.

   Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

   Sources within Sánchez’s caretaker administration claim the amnesty law is perfectly in keeping with the Socialist-led government’s efforts to calm tensions and find a political solution to the so-called Catalan question.

   Michael Carrick enjoyed the perfect start to his second spell as Manchester United caretaker boss as second-half goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Patrick Dorgu inflicted massive damage on Manchester City's Premier League title hopes.

Forms

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