keeper
Noun
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Someone in charge of other people (synset 110249168)
"am I my brother's keeper?"subtypes:
- baby farmer - someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee
- baby minder, babyminder, minder - a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
- baby-sitter, babysitter, sitter - a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey - someone who guards prisoners
- nanny, nurse, nursemaid - a woman who is the custodian of children
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One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals (synset 110003828)
subtypes:
- caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
- conservator, curator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- game warden, gamekeeper - a person employed to take care of game and wildlife
- greenskeeper - someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
- house sitter - a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)
- janitor - someone employed to clean and maintain a building
- lighthouse keeper - the keeper of a lighthouse
- critter sitter, pet sitter - someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home
- zoo keeper - the chief person responsible for a zoological garden
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