Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

    Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.

    Hausmeister, Pfleger, Pflegerin

    смотри́тельsmotrítelʹ, смотри́тельницаsmotrítelʹnica, сто́рожstórož

  2. (uncommon)Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).

    a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

Examples

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  1. Tom is a caretaker.

    deTom ist Hausmeister.

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  2. Tom isn't a caretaker.

    deTom ist kein Hausmeister.

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  3. Paul works as a school caretaker.

    dePaul arbeitet als Hausmeister einer Schule.

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  4. The caretaker's office is in the mezzanine.

    deDer Hausmeister hat sein Büro im Zwischengeschoß.

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  5. Yanni became the caretaker of his partner.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
one who takes care of a place or thing:
one who takes care of a person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who takes care of a place or thing:
one who takes care of a person:

Origin

From care + taker.

From care + taker.

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Forms

plural: caretakers
Singularcaretaker
Pluralcaretakers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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