babysitter

noun/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtər/

Frequency rank: #10,454 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person who looks after children while their parents are away.

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Example sentence

My parents went out for dinner and hired a trusted babysitter to watch over me and my little brother.

Synonyms & related words

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