caretaker
/ˈkeəˌteɪkə(r)/noun
1
- a person employed to look after a public building or a house in the owner's absence看门人。
1.1
- as modifier holding power temporarily暂时代理的:
he was to act as caretaker Prime Minister.
他将暂时代理首相。
2
- chiefly N. Amer. a person employed to look after people or animals〈主北美〉(受雇照看人或动物的)看护人。