childminder

[ chahyld-mahyn-der ]

nounBritish.
  1. a baby-sitter.

Origin of childminder

1
First recorded in1940–45; child + mind + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for childminder

childminder

noun
  1. a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working

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