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plural babysitters
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians. examples
(derogatory) An individual who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder. quotations examples
He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
2005, Alan Ball, Playing Extra Time, page 158