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caretaker
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caretaker, n.
1 a person employed to look after something, esp. a house in the owner's absence, or Brit. a public building.
2 (attrib.) exercising temporary authority (caretaker government).
1 a person employed to look after something, esp. a house in the owner's absence, or Brit. a public building.
2 (attrib.) exercising temporary authority (caretaker government).
THESAURUS
caretaker
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Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.For further exploring for "caretaker" in Webster Dictionary Online