单词 | caretaker |
释义 | caretakern. a. One who takes care of a thing, place, or person; one put in charge of anything. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > caretaker of a building office keeper1707 janitor1708 caretaker1858 schoolkeeper1874 superintendent1878 janny1912 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 17 The souter's wife..was servant to Gilbert Brown..and..acted as nurse and care-taker to Agnes his daughter. 1859 W. G. Wills Life's Foreshadowings II. xvii. 205 The caretaker of the house met them, hat in hand. 1869 Daily News 19 July The votes of Parliament to the caretakers of the parks. b. esp. in Ireland, a person put in charge of a farm from which the tenant has been evicted. ΚΠ 1868 Times 24 June 12 (Irish Correspt.) Three companions assaulted the caretaker. 1887 Illustr. London News 29 Jan. 113 The evicted tenants were readmitted as caretakers. c. attributive, esp. designating a government, administration, etc., in office temporarily; = stopgap n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional whilwendlicc1000 whilenda1050 specialc1400 seasonable1549 temporary1567 provisional1597 provisionary1617 temporaneal1625 provisory1630 interimistical1643 pro tempore1649 temporaneous1656 non-permanent1782 jury-rigged1788 ad interim1806 interim1808 meantime1840 running1851 flying1857 pro tem1858 interimistic1859 temp1909 caretaker1945 1885 J. Chamberlain in Cobden Club Dinner, Special Rep. 11 It is only upon those terms that what will be known in history as the ‘Stop-gap’ Government can invite the toleration of its opponents... I see no reason why they should not remain as caretakers on the premises—(great laughter and cheering)—until the new tenants are ready in November for a prolonged..occupation.] 1945 Times 26 May 5/2 This is evidently not ‘a caretaker administration’, but a carefully balanced team. 1945 New Statesman 2 June 346/3 There are already plenty of signs that the advent of the ‘caretaker’ Government means a serious setback to reconstruction. 1946 News (Birmingham, Alabama) 13 Nov. 20/4 A stopgap or caretaker operation will be established to carry on at the state's biggest college. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 370 Far from being a ‘caretaker’ Pope,..he was proving one of the most popular Popes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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