Baby-sitter (Noun)
Meaning
A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She started a baby-sitter service to help working parents in her neighborhood.
- Her mother used to work as a baby-sitter for some of the families in the village.
- After the parents left, the baby-sitter tried to engage the children in some games.
- The Smiths hired a local college student as their regular baby-sitter for the summer.
- She became a reliable baby-sitter for many families in the community after completing a first-aid course.