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"text": "He retired early to be a full-time carer for his wife / husband."
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"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "照顧者"
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"roman": "zhàogùzhě",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "照顾者"
},
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"roman": "zhàoliàorén",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "護理人員"
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{
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"roman": "hùlǐ rényuán",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "护理人员"
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "私人看護"
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"roman": "sīrén kānhù",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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{
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"feminine"
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"common-gender"
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{
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"common-gender"
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "omaishoitaja"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Betreuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Betreuerin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cúramóir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "banchúramóir"
},
{
"alt": "かいごしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaigosha",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "介護者"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōmu herupā",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "ホームヘルパー"
},
{
"alt": "せわをするひと",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sewa o suru hito",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "世話をする人"
},
{
"alt": "看病人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ganbyeong'in",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "간병인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dolboneun saram",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "돌보는 사람"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprūpētājs"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "kaitiaki"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"note": "for a mentally disabled person",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "støttekontakt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opiekun"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opiekunka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuidador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "îngrijitor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "îngrijitoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sidélka",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сиде́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njánja",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ня́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njánʹka",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ня́нька"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medsestrá",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "медсестра́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medbrát",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "медбра́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tot, kto uxáživajet",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "тот, кто уха́живает"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrbnik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "staratelj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "njegovatelj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuidador"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "người giữ trẻ"
}
]
}
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{
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{
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},
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"ref": "2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian",
"text": "He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.",
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"text": "Her business was a one-woman outfit that offered accredited first-aid training courses for teachers, carers, sports coaches, antenatal classes, workplace groups, and the police; the classes ranged from basic defibrillator training to what was now called psychological first aid.",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muqaddim ar-riʕāya",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُقَدِّم الرِّعايَة"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "照顧者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhàogùzhě",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "照顾者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàoliàorén",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "照料人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "護理人員"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùlǐ rényuán",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "护理人员"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "私人看護"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sīrén kānhù",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "私人看护"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "監護工"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānhùgōng",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "监护工"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pečovatel"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plejer"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
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"word": "omsorgsperson"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "verzorger"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "zorganto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "hoitaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "omaishoitaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soignant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soignante"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Betreuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Betreuerin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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{
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{
"alt": "かいごしゃ",
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"roman": "kaigosha",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "介護者"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōmu herupā",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "ホームヘルパー"
},
{
"alt": "せわをするひと",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sewa o suru hito",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "世話をする人"
},
{
"alt": "看病人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ganbyeong'in",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "간병인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dolboneun saram",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "돌보는 사람"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprūpētājs"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "kaitiaki"
},
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"note": "for a mentally disabled person",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opiekun"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opiekunka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuidador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "îngrijitor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "îngrijitoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sidélka",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сиде́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njánja",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ня́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njánʹka",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ня́нька"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medsestrá",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "медсестра́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medbrát",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "медбра́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tot, kto uxáživajet",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "тот, кто уха́живает"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrbnik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "staratelj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "njegovatelj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuidador"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
"word": "người giữ trẻ"
}
],
"word": "carer"
}
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