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caretaker

/ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/ noun B2
  1. Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair. · Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.
  2. Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).

Plural caretakers

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Saunders, the caretaker, was about to leave, but she had no hesitation in admitting us, for the door shut with a spring lock and Holmes promised to see that all was safe before we left.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 89 · B2
“He is the son of the old caretaker, who is dead.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 53 · C1

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