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nouna custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
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"he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"nounan official who performs the duties of an office temporarilytype of:
Definition that contains caretaker
- super a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- attended having a caretaker or other watcher
- superintendent a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
- neglected lacking a caretaker
- concierge a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- unattended lacking a caretaker
- tended to having a caretaker or other watcher
- child neglect failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child