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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
caretaker
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
primary
▪ The preverbal identifications of the Imaginary involve identifications based on symbiotic fusion with the primary caretaker.
▪ All over the world, women were assumed to be the primary caretakers of children.
▪ Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.
■ NOUN
boss
▪ A caretaker boss is expected to be named today.
▪ And caretaker boss Barrow said he was a little disappointed at not taking three points!
capacity
▪ No party won an absolute majority and the outgoing government remained in office in a caretaker capacity as inter-party negotiations took place.
▪ The outgoing administration was asked to stay on meanwhile in a caretaker capacity.
▪ He was succeeded in a caretaker capacity by his deputy, David Gandy.
▪ It finally did so on Dec. 14 and asked the government to continue in office in a caretaker capacity.
▪ Hrawi asked Hoss to continue as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity until a new government was formed.
government
▪ The caretaker government had earlier introduced new laws increasing the penalties for election offences.
▪ They sought extra-parliamentary means to oust Chavalit, establish a caretaker government and hold a new election.
▪ All three parties undertook to support the caretaker government until the elections.
manager
▪ A player representation, led by caretaker manager Edwin Stein, received a rapturous welcome.
▪ In the meantime, his assistant, Mr Ronnie Moran, would act as caretaker manager.
school
▪ They were the school caretakers but my job helping them didn't last long.
▪ The accused, a school caretaker, fired an air gun at some boys who were trespassing.
▪ At the back of the church knelt Mrs Duffy, the school caretaker, saying her beads.
▪ Mr Beyga, a former school caretaker, served on Knowsley Borough Council for 14 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.
▪ Baptist Nunn, the caretaker of Bigshot Rayle and Lodge was receiving threats of extortion from the gang.
▪ Higher up the hill the streets were full of office buildings, so that the parishioners were caretakers.
▪ Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to them-selves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.
▪ The caretaker, an old man and frightened by what he saw, went to his wife who then called the police.
▪ The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant.
▪ The other, the caretaker said, had been empty since 1974 and had housed a testing facility for the Navy.
▪ When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task, Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace.
Wiktionary
caretaker

a. (context chiefly UK) temporary, on a short term basis. n. 1 Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair. 2 Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.

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WordNet
caretaker

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

  2. an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"

Wikipedia
Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Caretaker" is the first and second episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. This series pilot premiered as one double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling UPN network. It was later split into two parts for syndication. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation.

Caretaker (comics)

Caretaker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been two incarnations of the character.

Caretaker

Caretaker may refer to:

  • A janitor (chiefly in the United Kingdom)
  • Property caretaker, a person who cares for a property. In the US Army, the person caring for an inactive fort had the rank of Ordnance sergeant.
  • A person who takes care of another in the general sense or in the sense of a caregiver or looks after someone who is severely physically disabled and/or mentally ill and is not able to care for themselves (US) / carer (UK)

Caretaker may also refer to:

In politics:

  • Caretaker government, a temporary government
  • Caretaker Ministry (disambiguation), one of three short-lived governments of Great Britain or the United Kingdom:
    • 1757 Caretaker Ministry
    • Conservative Provisional Government 1834
    • Caretaker Government 1945

In drama, television and film:

  • The Caretaker, play by Harold Pinter
    • The Caretaker (film), 1963 adaptation of the play
  • The Caretakers, a 1963 American film set in a mental hospital
  • "Caretaker" (Star Trek: Voyager), the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager
  • "The Caretaker" (Doctor Who), a 2014 episode of Doctor Who
  • Caretaker, a character in the 1974 film The Longest Yard and its 2005 remake
  • A Caretaker's Tale, a 2012 Danish film

In music:

  • Caretaker (band), a three-piece rock band
  • The Caretaker (musician), project of electronic musician Jim Kirby

In other fields:

  • Caretaker (comics), a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Ghost Rider
  • Caretaker genes, a group of tumour suppressor genes
  • Caretaker manager, someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club
  • The Caretaker Trilogy, series of science-fiction books for young adults by David Klass
Caretaker (band)

Caretaker is a three piece rock band based in Winchester, Hampshire. Their music combines elements from many different corners of rock music, including hardcore, post-rock, progressive and math rock and the band strongly aspire to the DIY ethic. Caretaker are well known for their influence and longevity in the UK underground music scene, and their infrequent and informal approach towards releasing records and touring. The band have stuck to the DIY ethic despite airplay from BBC Radio 1 and Xfm, and critical acclaim from NME, Kerrang!, Rock Sound and Terroriser. During their career, the band have played with well-known acts such as Biffy Clyro, Reuben, Deathcab for Cutie, Oceansize, Les Savy Fav and Hell is for Heroes, as well as having played a headlining show at the Camden Palace (now known as Koko).

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Usage examples of "caretaker".

But then neither did Adams write of his own increasing worry and sorrow over his son Thomas, who, having failed in the law, was drinking heavily and employed now primarily as a caretaker for his father and the farm.

I flew north from the Vale to the Algarian Stronghold and found out from the caretakers there that Cho-Ram XIV, the current chief of the Clan-Chiefs of Algaria, was in the vicinity of Lake Atun up near the Drasnian border.

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But the time for his discovery was not yet, and next day, after these strangely recovered chickens had been put in charge of the caretaker, Pasteur and his family and Roux and Chamberland went off on their summer vacations.

A caretaker was puttering beside the open door of a stucco, Hollywoodish laboratory.

Lindbergh October 15, 1930, and with his wife acted as caretaker of the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell, N.

Compartment 17 of the Medicolegal Institute, where the caretaker had put him.

Every morning, a civilian animal caretaker put on a space unit and went inside to feed the monkeys and clean their cages and check on their physical condition.

Keiki Moana, their ancestral refuge with a few human caretakers in Hawaii, Kelekolio Pela setting forth the Dao Kai, the cession of Nauru to descendants who had become a nation.

An elderly Scotchwoman, the caretaker, appeared from the back and stood waiting to show them over.

As the Sunseekers sank down onto the chairs, dejected, frightened, and exhausted, the caretaker cheerfully placed the baby doll up on the altar and fussed over it, straightening its lacy skirts, positioning the plump arms, dusting each sausagelike finger.

For instance, when the latest news is the retirement of the rector or a dean, I hear him name the candidates as he talks with the young caretakers, and explain straight off that so-and-so will not be approved by the minister, that so-and-so will decline, and then go into fantastic detail about some mysterious papers received in the chancellery, about a secret talk that supposedly took place between the minister and a member of the board, and so on.

Barrymore, who is the caretaker at Baskerville Hall, because he is the only other person who has a black beard.

Looking around, she was startled to see, one level above her, a group of small children being led along a catwalk by a trio of attentive caretakers in paint-smeared smocks.

At least a dozen kids were present, supervised by a trio of adult caretakers, who circulated among the kids, offering advice and encouragement.