childminder

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

Other forms: childminders

A childminder is somebody paid to look after children in their own home. Use a childminder.

In Britain they must be registered and inspected exactly as a nursery is. A childminder takes fewer children than a nursery, which is why some parents prefer one.

Definitions of childminder

1nounchildminderSomebody paid to look after children in their own home.B2
“The same childminder looked after all three children.”

childminder is a person.

Where it comes from

Child plus minder, from mind in the sense of looking after.

From child + minder.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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childminder

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

Other forms: childminders

A childminder is somebody paid to look after children in their own home. Use a childminder.

In Britain they must be registered and inspected exactly as a nursery is. A childminder takes fewer children than a nursery, which is why some parents prefer one.

Definitions of childminder

1nounchildminderSomebody paid to look after children in their own home.B2
“The same childminder looked after all three children.”

childminder is a person.

Where it comes from

Child plus minder, from mind in the sense of looking after.

From child + minder.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA