carer

From care +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹə/

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• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹɚ/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɹɚ/, /ˈkɛəɹɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /teːɹə/

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• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /kiəɹə/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /keəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /keɹəɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /kɜːɹə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)

carer (plural carers)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

   Have you thought of a job as a carer for disabled people?

   They retired early to be a full-time carer for their partner.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 211:

     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.

• caregiver (US, Canada)

• Cerra, Crear, crare, racer

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carer

1. (slang) alternative spelling of carrer

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈka(ː)rɛr/

carer

1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive/imperative of caru