caretaker

2 definitions found

caretaker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caretaker
      n 1: 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"

caretaker - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, warder