sitter

as in nurse
a person employed to care for a young child or children we'll be going to the movie if we can get a sitter for the kids

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Recent Examples on the Web His cat sitter was unable to corral CatMandu when the evacuation order came. Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024 In short, Oh, Mary! is a full-fledged, indisputable phenomenon, as beguiling to bean counters as laughing seat sitters. Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2024 Rich Henderson, flight attendant at a major U.S. airline and one of the authors of the Two Guys on a Plane blog, told me the window seat sitter should be open to requests. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024 The sitter reports the pups just ran around in the back yard all day and basically watched themselves. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sitter 

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“Sitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

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