caretakerPronunciation: /ˈkɛːteɪkə/Translate caretaker | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of caretaker noun 1a person employed to look after a building: he works as a college caretaker [as modifier] holding power temporarily:the club’s caretaker manager 2chiefly North American a person employed to look after people or animals: two lions escaped from their cage and killed their caretakerDerivatives caretake verb caretaker in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of caretaker in the US English dictionary