plural au pairs
ˈō-ˈperz 
: a usually young foreign person who cares for children and does domestic work for a family in return for room and board and the opportunity to learn the family's language
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Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026
But inside their home, Brendan and the family's live-in au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were spinning a web of infidelity and deception that culminated in a chilling double homicide.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
The live-in au pair, 25-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes of Brazil, with whom prosecutors said Banfield was having an affair, separately pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, after which she will be deported, Fairfax County prosecutors said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Brendan Banfield and the 26-year-old au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, both took the stand during the double-murder trial and offered conflicting accounts about the killings.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026
But inside their home, Brendan and the family's live-in au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were spinning a web of infidelity and deception that culminated in a chilling double homicide.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
The live-in au pair, 25-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes of Brazil, with whom prosecutors said Banfield was having an affair, separately pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, after which she will be deported, Fairfax County prosecutors said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Brendan Banfield and the 26-year-old au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, both took the stand during the double-murder trial and offered conflicting accounts about the killings.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
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“Au pair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/au%20pair. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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