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caretaker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caretaker has 2 senses
- caretaker(n = noun.person) Array - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person); Array has particulars: concierge, sacristan, sexton, super, superintendent, verger
- caretaker(n = noun.person) Array - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected" is a kind of functionary, official
is a kind of custodian, keeper, steward
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caretaker, n.
1 a person employed to look after something, esp. a house in the owner's absence, or Brit. a public building.
2 (attrib.) exercising temporary authority (caretaker government).
1 a person employed to look after something, esp. a house in the owner's absence, or Brit. a public building.
2 (attrib.) exercising temporary authority (caretaker government).
THESAURUS
caretaker
air warden, attendant, castellan, conservator, curator, custodian, forest ranger, game warden, gamekeeper, governor, guardian, guardian angel, janitor, keeper, lifeguard, lifesaver, next friend, prochein ami, ranger, shepherd, steward, warden, warderROGET THESAURUS
caretaker
Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
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