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  • noun someone who looks after another, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

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Examples

  • Dr Land, 78, who has been a carer himself, said: "When we first started the term carer was hardly known to professionals and certainly very few carers knew that they were carers.

    EDP24 News 2009

  • Well i hate to dissepoint u but his carer is over but still ..

    Michael Jackson dead ? Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • A woman's career progression is slowed when there is inadequate childcare provision, or when they are perceived to be the main carer of children.

    Europe May Impose Quotas For Women Oxford Analytica 2010

  • The EDP We Care Appeal's bid for £500 from the Big Lottery to pay for one holiday for one child carer is rejected for being “an unworthy cause”.

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • The EDP We Care Appeal's bid for £500 from the Big Lottery to pay for one holiday for one child carer is rejected for being “an unworthy cause”.

    EDP take on 2005 2005

  • The prospects of him being a long-term carer are too intangible to justify a delay in making a placement for E.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • The prospects of him being a long-term carer are too intangible to justify a delay in making a placement for E.

    Mother Who Gives Birth Wins Right To Keep It Secret From Father 2007

  • I had to call a carer when I found her complaining of the cold because her sheets were wet.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Unless your husband can prove without a doubt that you are a danger to your child he will not get custody, custody goes to the primary carer, which is you in a few years time as your child grows he will be able to stand a little more time away from you, by then you will be used to the new arrangments the fact is, you are divorcing and you need to accept that.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts janelle.loomi 2010

  • Unless your husband can prove without a doubt that you are a danger to your child he will not get custody, custody goes to the primary carer, which is you in a few years time as your child grows he will be able to stand a little more time away from you, by then you will be used to the new arrangments the fact is, you are divorcing and you need to accept that.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts janelle.loomi 2010

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  • The career carer called Carl carefully cared for Caren, the careless career car-caravaneer.

    November 24, 2009