babysitter

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US /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/ UK /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/
noun Freq #8136

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who looks after children for a short time while the parents are away.

    We hired a babysitter so we could go out for dinner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who looks after... sitterchildsitter
Word family
Forms babysitters
Derived forms babysit
Related forms birdsittercatsitterdogsitterhomesitterhouse-sitternannynursepetsitterpuppysitter

Etymology

From baby + sitter.

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