care ‧ tak ‧ er /ˈkeəˌteɪkə $ ˈkerˌteɪkər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . British English someone whose job is to look after a building, especially a school SYN janitor American English
2 . someone who looks after a house or land while the person who owns it is not there
3 . caretaker manager/government/boss etc a manager, government etc that is in charge for a short period of time until another manager or government is chosen
4 . American English someone who looks after other people, especially a teacher, parent, nurse etc SYN carer British English