Usually means: Caretaker for children, temporary guardian.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. babysitter: Merriam-Webster
  2. babysitter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. babysitter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. babysitter: Vocabulary.com
  5. Babysitter, babysitter: Wordnik
  6. babysitter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. babysitter: Wiktionary
  8. babysitter: Dictionary.com
  9. babysitter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Babysitter (TV series), Babysitter (disambiguation), Babysitter, The Babysitter (disambiguation), The Babysitter (film), The Babysitter (novel series), The Babysitter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. babysitter: Rhymezone
  12. Babysitter (m), babysitter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. Babysitter: American-Britih Dictionary
  14. babysitter: FreeDictionary.org
  15. babysitter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. babysitter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. babysitter: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. babysitter: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. babysitter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Babysitter: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

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▸ noun:  A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.

Similar:
sitter, baby sitter, babysitting, baby-minder, childminder, surrogate parent, nurse, nanny, nursemaid, babysitting circle, more...

Opposite:
parent, guardian, caretaker, adult supervisor

Types:
teenage babysitter, more...

Phrases:
The babysitter and the man upstairs, Babysitter Wanted, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter, electronic babysitter of a sort, more...

Adjectives:
new, old, good, regular, electronic, teenage, time, reliable, favorite, former, female

Colors:
    pastel pink,     baby blue,     soft lavender,     mint green,     pale yellow, more...



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Similar:
sitter, baby sitter, babysitting, baby-minder, childminder, surrogate parent, nurse, nanny, nursemaid, babysitting circle, more...

Opposite:
parent, guardian, caretaker, adult supervisor

Types:
teenage babysitter, more...

Phrases:
The babysitter and the man upstairs, Babysitter Wanted, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter, electronic babysitter of a sort, more...

Adjectives:
new, old, good, regular, electronic, teenage, time, reliable, favorite, former, female

Colors:
    pastel pink,     baby blue,     soft lavender,     mint green,     pale yellow, more...



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