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# caretaker

«caretaker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to look after a building, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (caretaker, caretakers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A caretaker is a person whose job is to look after a building, such as a school, keeping it clean, safe and repaired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#m1)

2) A caretaker is a person who looks after someone or something for a while. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school life the caretaker unlocks the doors, fixes things, clears spills and snow, and keeps the school safe; pupils should be polite and thank them. In the USA the school caretaker is usually called a janitor or custodian. Phrases: the school caretaker, caretaker of, a caretaker manager (only for a short time).

### examples

- Our school caretaker fixed the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x1)
- Tell the caretaker if you see a spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x2)
- The caretaker locks the gates at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x3)
- Mr Jones the caretaker cleared the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x4)
- Grandma was the caretaker of the old church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x5)
- Say thank you to the caretaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/#x6)

### note

Countable noun; one word: care + taker. British, Irish and Australian English say «caretaker»; American English mostly «janitor» or «custodian»; in the USA a «caretaker» is often someone who looks after a sick or old person.

### In the corpora

- [Caretakers, cleaners and dinner ladies deserve the same respect as the head teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/11/)
- [You greet every worker, like a caretaker or cleaner, as kindly as the head teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/5/)
- [Every worker deserves the same respect, so greet a caretaker, cleaner or dinner lady as kindly as the head teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caretaker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caretaker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.