Caretaker
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Caretaker usually refers to one of the following:
Caretaker may also refer to:
- British word for janitorJanitorA janitor or custodian is a professional who takes care of buildings, such as hospitals and schools. Janitors are responsible primarily for cleaning, and often some maintenance and security...
- Property caretakerProperty caretakerA Property caretaker is a person, group or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations...
, a person who cares for a property - Caretaker governmentCaretaker governmentCaretaker government is a type of government that rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government...
, a temporary government - A person who takes care of another in the general sense or in the sense of a caregiverCaregiverCaregiver may refer to:* Caregiver or carer - an unpaid person who cares for someone requiring support due to a disability, frailty, mental health problem, learning disability or old age...
or looks after someone who is severely physically disabled and/or mentally ill and is not able to care for themselves (US) / carer (UK)
Caretaker may also refer to:
- "Caretaker" (Voyager episode)Caretaker (Voyager episode)"Caretaker" is the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager. It was originally shown as one double-length episode, but has been split into two parts for repeats...
, the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager - Caretaker managerCaretaker managerIn association football, a caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of the management of a football club, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his...
, someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club - The CaretakerThe CaretakerThe Caretaker is a play by Harold Pinter. It was first published by both Encore Publishing and Eyre Methuen in 1960. The sixth play that Pinter wrote for stage or television production, it was his first significant commercial success...
, play by Harold Pinter - The Caretaker (musician)The Caretaker (musician)The Caretaker is a long-running project by electronic musician James Kirby alongside his better-known project V/Vm. Initially the project was inspired by the haunted ballroom scene in the Stanley Kubrick film The Shining, with the first several releases consisting of dark ambient with intermittent...
, project of electronic musician Jim Kirby - Caretaker (comics)Caretaker (comics)Caretaker is a fictional Marvel Comics character. There have been two incarnations of the character, The first version appeared in Ghost Rider vol. 2 #28 in the Rise of the Midnight Sons storyline. After this version died his granddaughter assumed the role. She debuted in Ghost Rider vol...
, a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Ghost Rider - Caretaker geneCaretaker geneChanges in the genome that allow uncontrolled cell proliferation or cell immortality are responsible for cancer. It is believed that the major changes in the genome that lead to cancer arise from mutations in tumor suppressor genes. In 1997, Kinzler and Bert Vogelstein grouped these cancer...
s, a group of tumour suppressor genes