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   Care·tak·er

   /ˈkerˌtākər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person employed to look after a building.
   • ▪ holding power temporarily: "his was a caretaker regime"
   • 2. a person employed to look after people or animals: North American "two lions escaped from their cage and killed their caretaker"

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   What is the meaning of caretaker?

   • a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent. a person or group that temporarily performs the duties of an office. British. a janitor. a person who takes care of another. involving the temporary performance of the duties of an office: a caretaker government. QUIZ YOURSELF ON HAS VS. HAVE!

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   What is the difference between caretaker and caregiver?

   • Although it is easy to assume that caretaker and caregiver are two different terms since take and give are words with opposite meanings, caregiver and caretaker actually have very similar meanings.

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   What is the meaning of janitor?

   • a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent. a person or group that temporarily performs the duties of an office. British. a janitor.

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   Why did myeloski call the caretaker?

   • • Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life. • The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant. • When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task, Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace.

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   noun [ C ] uk / ˈkeəˌteɪkə r/ us. caretaker noun [C] (BUILDING) Add to word list. someone whose job is to look after a large building, such as a school. caretaker noun [C] (PERSON) someone who looks after a person who is young, old, or sick. (Definition of caretaker from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   noun. a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent. a person or group that temporarily performs the duties of an office. British. a janitor. a person who takes care of another. See more. adjective. involving the temporary performance of the duties of an office: a caretaker government. Recommended videos.

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   1. : one that gives physical or emotional care and support. served as caretaker to the younger children. 2. : one that takes care of the house or land of an owner who may be absent. 3. : one temporarily fulfilling the function of office. a caretaker government. caretake.

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