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caretaker

DEFINITIONS OF: caretaker

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n a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

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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
sacristan, sexton
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
super, superintendent
a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
verger
a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
Type of:
custodian, keeper, steward
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

n an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

“he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected”
Type of:
functionary, official
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
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