baby sitter

Definitions of baby sitter
  1. noun
    a woman who is the custodian of children
    synonyms: baby-sitter, balia, bambinaia, bonne, nurse, nutrice, puericultore
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    types:
    balia, nutrice
    a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
    type of:
    donna
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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