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BABYSITTER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
Synonyms:
baby-sitter; babysitter; sitter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("babysitter" is a kind of...):
keeper (someone in charge of other people)
Derivation:
baby-sit (work or act as a baby-sitter)