Care-taking
a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
a person or group that temporarily performs the duties of an office.
British. a janitor.
a person who takes care of another.
involving the temporary performance of the duties of an office:
a caretaker government.
Contemporary Examples
The most moving material in Bomb feels like a rehash: care-taking the father, painfully recalling his suicidal, addict mother.
Why Some Memoirs Are Better As Fiction Taylor Antrim January 18, 2010
Historical Examples
Mature in thought and care-taking beyond her years, she was still fond of out-door sports and merry times.
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Sarah Knowles Bolton
Barbara was silent, and felt the shy, care-taking glance of her maid.
John March, Southerner George W. Cable
She ignored the care-taking phrase as if she had not heard it.
The King of Arcadia Francis Lynde
One of the best features of agricultural life consists in the great amount of care-taking which it imposes upon its followers.
Domesticated Animals Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Lindora did not count the interest on the purchase-money, or the taxes, or the repairs, or the winter care-taking.
Imaginary Interviews W. D. Howells
He ate of Mother Allen’s chicken-broth and of toast from Mattie’s care-taking hand, and gradually assumed color and heart.
Wayside Courtships Hamlin Garland
With a woman’s care-taking instinct, she began to gather together the dishes on the table and prepare them for washing.
A Tar-Heel Baron Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
A care-taking hand caused order and refinement to reign everywhere.
Fromont and Risler, Complete Alphonse Daudet
Sudden and brilliant ideas came more seldom to Miss Bibby than to the children she was “care-taking.”
In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Turner
noun
a person who is in charge of a place or thing, esp in the owner’s absence: the caretaker of a school
(modifier) holding office temporarily; interim: a caretaker government
(social welfare) a person who takes care of a vulnerable person, often a close relative See also carer
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