childmindern.
/ˈtʃʌɪl(d)ˌmʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪl(d)ˌmaɪndər/ Chiefly British.
A person who takes care of a child or children, esp. in the temporary absence of a parent or guardian; spec. a person registered with the local authority to offer paid daytime care in his or her own home for children under the age of eight.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > child-minder or baby-sitter
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baby-minder1856
babysitter1937
childminder1941
sitter1943
sitter-in1946
1941 Economist 29 Mar. 406/1 Members were agreed in rejecting Mr. Bevin's..scheme for the provision of child ‘minders’, urging that women engaged in looking after their own children should not be called up.
1964 Punch 1 Apr. 481/3 Panels of child-minders for working mothers.
2007 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 24/4 You think that when we run from the office to pick the baby up from the childminder, we're glorying in an early cut.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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