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Definition of Baby-sitter
1. Noun. A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
Definition of Baby-sitter
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of babysitter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baby-sitter
Literary usage of Baby-sitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clues to Comprehension, Grades 3-4 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Sharon Rosenberger, Sarita Chávez Silverman (2002)
"On the back of this page, draw a picture of something you like to do with your
favorite baby-sitter. Use these lines to write about it. ..."
2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1911)
"He admits to having sometimes attempted to "pose" a baby sitter whom he possibly
thought a little forward for its years; but more often than not in such ..."
3. American Standards of Living, 1918-1988 by Clair Brown (1994)
"Almost one in six of labor families and one in four of salaried families had a
baby-sitter. Even one in ten low-income families had a sitter, whom they paid ..."
4. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"... and all the other amenities of the school The Lessons Themselves When we're
absent from the classroom, we don't want a baby-sitter in our place. ..."
5. Homage to a Broken Man: The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold by Peter Mommsen (2004)
"... the baby-sitter, took the chair at the other end. As she sat down, the children
saw that tears were streaming down her face. They looked to Heiner for ..."
6. Equipped for the Future: A Customer-Driven Vision for Adult Literacy by Sondra Gayle Stein (1996)
"I had no transportation, no baby-sitter and had to stay home and raise my 3rd child.
By the time she was in school, I went to work. ..."
7. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"In other instances the spark came from parents who were concerned about their
baby sitter; from a school official who surveyed parents and learned that drug ..."
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