caretaker
adjective/ˈkeəteɪkə(r)/
/ˈkerteɪkər/
[only before noun]- in charge for a short time, until a new leader or government is chosen
- a caretaker manager/government
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCaretaker is used with these nouns:- administration
- capacity
- government
- …
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