Meanings
nounchildminder (plural childminders)
plural childminders · alternative child minder
- A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian детегледачка
- детегледачка (detegledačka)person who looks after other people's children
Czech paní f na hlídání n dětí
- paní f na hlídání n dětíperson who looks after other people's children
Dutch oppas, kinderoppas
- oppasperson who looks after other people's children
- kinderoppasperson who looks after other people's children
- babysitterperson who looks after other people's children
- babysitsterperson who looks after other people's children
Finnish lastenvahti
- lastenvahtiperson who looks after other people's children
French nourrice, nounou
- nourriceperson who looks after other people's children
- nounouperson who looks after other people's children
- gardienne d'enfantsperson who looks after other people's children
- assistante maternelleperson who looks after other people's children
- maman de jourperson who looks after other people's children
German Babysitter, Babysitterin
- Babysitterperson who looks after other people's children
- Babysitterinperson who looks after other people's children
- Tagesmutterperson who looks after other people's children
- Tagesvaterperson who looks after other people's children
- Kinderhüterperson who looks after other people's children
- Kinderhüterinperson who looks after other people's children
Irish feighlí páistí
- feighlí páistíperson who looks after other people's children
Polish opiekunka do dziecka
- opiekunka do dzieckaperson who looks after other people's children
Cite this entry
APA
childminder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childminder
MLA
“childminder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childminder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childminder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childminder.
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