- caretaker⇄adj. (of a government or management) carrying on the functions of an office on a temporary basis pending an election, the accession of a new administration, or the like.
Ex. caretaker government. For a year [he] held the premiership in a ""caretak - caretaker⇄caretaker, noun, adjective.
- caretaker⇄noun a person who takes care of another person, a place, or a thing, often for the owner or for somebody else.
Ex. The caretaker of the house met them, hat in hand (W. G. Willis).