caretaker
Other forms: caretakers
When you work as a caretaker, you look after a house or a piece of property. The caretaker of a grand old estate might live in a small cottage on its grounds.
A caretaker might make small repairs to a house, weed a property's flower gardens, or mow the lawn. Some caretakers live in the house they care for, often during an off season when its main inhabitants don't stay there. You can also use the word to mean "caregiver," a person who takes care of someone who's elderly or ill, or to refer to someone who looks after animals.
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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
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sacristan, sexton
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
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super, superintendent
a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
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verger
a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
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an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily“he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected”
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functionary, official
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
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functionary, official
/ˌkɛərˈteɪkər/
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In this classic horror novel, Jack Torrance takes a job as a caretaker at the Overlook Hotel, where he and his family are tormented by the hotel's haunting influence.
This collection of autobiographical short stories by Francisco Jiménez explores the immigrant experience in the United States.
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