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careseeker

careseeker noun: one who seeks out care for themselves; a person wanting to be cared for.

Noun

careseeker (plural careseekers)

  1. One who seeks out care for themselves; a person wanting to be cared for.
    • When one's intimate relationships, families, communities, and culture are resources, then the caregiver and careseeker can strategize on how to use these resources more fully.2006, Carrie Doehring, The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach, page 138

Forms of careseeker

pluralcareseekers

Origin of careseeker

From care + seeker.

Questions about careseeker

What does careseeker mean?
Careseeker means one who seeks out care for themselves; a person wanting to be cared for.
What part of speech is careseeker?
Careseeker is a noun.
What is the plural of careseeker?
The plural of careseeker is careseekers.

Words near careseeker in the dictionary

  1. cares a fig
  2. cares a jackstraw
  3. cares a monkey's
  4. cares a whit
  5. cares for
  6. careseeker
  7. careseekers
  8. careseeking
  9. caresite
  10. caresome
  11. caress

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