"carer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈkɛɹɚ/ (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: EN-AU ck1 carer.ogg Forms: carers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ) Etymology: From care + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|care|er|id2=agent noun}} care + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} carer (plural carers)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: caregiver [Canada, US] Derived forms: childcarer, daycarer, home carer, noncarer, sandwich carer, telecarer, wildlife carer Translations (someone who regularly looks after another person): مُقَدِّم الرِّعايَة (muqaddim ar-riʕāya) [masculine] (Arabic), 照顧者 (Chinese Mandarin), 照顾者 (zhàogùzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 照料人 (zhàoliàorén) (Chinese Mandarin), 護理人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 护理人员 (hùlǐ rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 私人看護 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人看护 (sīrén kānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 監護工 (Chinese Mandarin), 监护工 (jiānhùgōng) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), pečovatel [masculine] (Czech), pečovatelka [feminine] (Czech), plejer [common-gender] (Danish), omsorgsperson [common-gender] (Danish), verzorger (Dutch), zorganto (Esperanto), hoitaja (Finnish), omaishoitaja (Finnish), soignant [masculine] (French), soignante [feminine] (French), Betreuer [masculine] (German), Betreuerin [feminine] (German), देखभालकर्ता (dekhbhālkartā) [masculine] (Hindi), cúramóir [masculine] (Irish), banchúramóir [feminine, masculine] (Irish), 介護者 (kaigosha) (alt: かいごしゃ) (Japanese), ホームヘルパー (hōmu herupā) (Japanese), 世話をする人 (sewa o suru hito) (alt: せわをするひと) (Japanese), 간병인 (ganbyeong'in) (alt: 看病人) (Korean), 돌보는 사람 (dolboneun saram) (Korean), aprūpētājs [masculine] (Latvian), kaitiaki (Maori), støttekontakt (note: for a mentally disabled person) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), opiekun [masculine] (Polish), opiekunka [feminine] (Polish), cuidador [masculine] (Portuguese), îngrijitor [masculine] (Romanian), îngrijitoare [feminine] (Romanian), сиде́лка (sidélka) [feminine] (Russian), ня́ня (njánja) [feminine] (Russian), ня́нька (njánʹka) [feminine] (Russian), медсестра́ (medsestrá) [feminine] (Russian), медбра́т (medbrát) [masculine] (Russian), тот, кто уха́живает (tot, kto uxáživajet) (Russian), skrbnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), staratelj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), njegovatelj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cuidador [masculine] (Spanish), người chăm sóc (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They retired early to be a full-time carer for their partner.",
          "type": "example"
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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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          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 211:",
          "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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            "US"
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          "roman": "muqaddim ar-riʕāya",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "roman": "zhàogùzhě",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "roman": "zhàoliàorén",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "word": "照料人"
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          "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"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "word": "監護工"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānhùgōng",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "监护工"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "word": "omsorgsperson"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "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"
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          "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"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "soignant"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soignante"
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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": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dekhbhālkartā",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "देखभालकर्ता"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cúramóir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "opiekun"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opiekunka"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuidador"
        },
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          "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"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sidélka",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "сиде́лка"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "njánja",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "ня́ня"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "njánʹka",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "ня́нька"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "medsestrá",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "медсестра́"
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          "roman": "medbrát",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "медбра́т"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tot, kto uxáživajet",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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          "word": "cuidador"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹə(ɹ)",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Occupations",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Have you thought of a job as a carer for disabled people?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They retired early to be a full-time carer for their partner.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 211:",
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "responsibilities",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/",
      "note": "without the Mary–marry–merry merger",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹɚ/",
      "note": "General American, Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "caregiver"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "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",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pečovatelka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "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": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omsorgsperson"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
      "word": "verzorger"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "Betreuerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dekhbhālkartā",
      "sense": "someone who regularly looks after another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "देखभालकर्ता"
    },
    {
      "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 chăm sóc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carer"
}

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