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babysitters

babysitters is the plural of babysitter.

Meaning of babysitter

Noun

babysitter (plural babysitters)

  1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
    • My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
    Synonyms:
    childsitter, sitter
  2. (derogatory) A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
    • He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.2005, Alan Ball, Playing Extra Time, page 158

Questions about babysitters

What is babysitters the plural of?
Babysitters is the plural of babysitter.

Words near babysitters in the dictionary

  1. babysitted
  2. babysittee
  3. babysittees
  4. babysitter
  5. babysitter test
  6. babysitters
  7. babysitting
  8. babysitting circle
  9. babysitting circles
  10. babysittings
  11. babyspace

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