caretaker

Plural: caretakers

Noun

• a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
• an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
  • "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
• Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
• A caregiver (person who provides care to another).

Adj

• Temporary, on a short term basis.

Examples

• Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.
• Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

Synonyms

interim

Related Words

caregiving, caretaking