caretaker
noun
- person employed to look after a public building or a house in the owner's absence
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/ / /ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/
adj
Etymology: From care + taker.
- 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.”
noun
Etymology: From care + taker.
- 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.’”
- Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).