caregiver

noun
/ˈkɛəɡɪvə/UK/ˈkɛɹɡɪvɚ/US

Etymology

From care + giver.

  1. inherited from gevar
  2. formed as caregiver — “care + giver

Definitions

  1. A carer

    A carer; a person who looks after another person.

    • The coronavirus has turned caregivers around the world into homeschoolers.
    • ‘Caregivers in this role can suffer as much as the patients. It can be very stressful.’
    • Taking care of an elderly parent or seriously ill spouse or family member can be physically and emotionally draining — and expensive for the caregiver in more ways than one.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for caregiver. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA