Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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;
- Example: "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"
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