Definition of "carer" [carer]

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

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