caretaker

English

From care +‎ taker.

caretaker (plural caretakers)

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
Synonyms: concierge (British), janitor
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.

one who takes care of a place or thing

Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m
Italian: portinaio (it) m, caposcala m
Macedonian: домар m (dómar), настојник m (nástojnik)
Navajo: yaaʼáhályání
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vaktmester (no) m

Nynorsk: vaktmeister m
Polish: dozorca (pl) m, dozorczyni f
Romanian: portar (ro) m, gardian (ro) m, paznic (ro) m
Russian: смотри́тель (ru) m (smotrítelʹ), смотри́тельница (ru) f (smotrítelʹnica), сто́рож (ru) m (stórož)
Spanish: conserje (es) m or f, portero (es) m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)

one who takes care of a person

Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) m or f (kidemónas)
Hungarian: gondozó (hu), ápoló (hu), gondviselő
Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m, bean faire f, fear faire m, cúramóir m
Italian: badante (it)
Macedonian: старател m (stáratel)
Romanian: îngrijitor (ro) m, îngrijitoare (ro) f
Russian: сиде́лка (ru) f (sidélka), ня́ня (ru) f (njánja), ня́нька (ru) f (njánʹka), медсестра́ (ru) f (medsestrá)

caretaker (not comparable)

(chiefly Britain) Temporary, on a short term basis.
Synonym: interim

Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

temporary, on a short term basis

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