Caretaker

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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