caretaker

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Someone who takes care of a place or thing

   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”).

3. 3

   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.

The neighborhood

• neighborcaregiving
• neighborcaretaking