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 of sitter Discretionary: $2,206 on festival tickets, pet supplies, a cat sitter, clothes and beauty purchases, home supplies, gifts and shipping costs for Controlled Chaos sales. Kamaron McNair,raffi Paul, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024 Jessa also admitted to being molested by her brother Josh Duggar after his 2022 arrest, along with her sister Jill Duggar and a baby sitter. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 The Wi-Fi name, password, and router location in case the sitter needs to reset it. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2024 Manuel Ugarte seems a sure fit as the sitter, having played under Amorim at Sporting from 2021 to 2023. Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 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 28 Jan. 2025.

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