caretaker

English

From care +‎ taker.

caretaker (plural caretakers)

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 11:
  ‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’
Synonyms: (British) concierge, janitor
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.

one who takes care of a place or thing

Arabic: مُحَافِظ‎ m (muḥāfiẓ)
Azerbaijani: mühafiz
Catalan: conserge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管理人 (zh) (guǎnlǐrén)
Danish: vicevært (da) c
Finnish: huoltomies (fi), hoitaja (fi), talonmies (fi)
French: concierge (fr) m or f, gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f
German: Hausmeister (de) m
Greek: επιστάτης (el) m (epistátis)
Ancient Greek: ἐπιμελητής m (epimelētḗs)
Hungarian: gondnok (hu), épületgondnok, házfelügyelő (hu), házmester (hu)
Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m
Italian: portinaio (it) m, caposcala m
Macedonian: домар m (domar), настојник m (nastojnik)
Navajo: yaaʼáhályání
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vaktmester (no) m
Nynorsk: vaktmeister m
Polish: dozorca (pl) m, dozorczyni (pl) f
Romanian: portar (ro) m, gardian (ro) m, paznic (ro) m
Russian: смотри́тель (ru) m (smotrítelʹ), смотри́тельница (ru) f (smotrítelʹnica), сто́рож (ru) m (stórož)
Spanish: conserje (es) m or f, portero (es) m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv) c

one who takes care of a person

Chamorro: a'adahi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護工／护工 (zh) (hùgōng), 看護／看护 (zh) (kānhù), 照顧者／照顾者 (zhàogùzhě)
Dutch: voogd (nl) m
Finnish: huoltaja (fi), hoitaja (fi)
French: gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f
German: Pfleger (de) m, Pflegerin (de) f
Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) m or f (kidemónas)
Hungarian: gondozó (hu), ápoló (hu), gondviselő
Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m, bean faire f, fear faire m, cúramóir m
Italian: badante (it)
Macedonian: старател m (staratel)
Romagnol: abadânt m
Romanian: îngrijitor (ro) m, îngrijitoare (ro) f
Russian: сиде́лка (ru) f (sidélka), ня́ня (ru) f (njánja), ня́нька (ru) f (njánʹka), медсестра́ (ru) f (medsestrá)
Swedish: vårdnadshavare (sv) c

caretaker (not comparable)

(chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.
Synonym: interim
Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

temporary, on a short term basis