Au pair

/ˌəʊ pˈeə/

/ˌoʊ pˈɛɹ/

Au pair

a young individual, often a woman, who lives abroad with a family to learn the language, and helps in the house and takes care of children for some money

Examples

1. And they have an adopted Chinese daughter and a very mysterious au pair.

2. What then radically changed my life was one year spent in Gascony, France, as an au pair with a French baker, Guy Sverzut, and his wife, Elisabeth.

3. And Tea's is a mess, and our au pair's throwing up.

4. Just before the train reached London Victoria, Debbie was attacked by an unknown person and a French au pair who was in the carriage next to Debbie reported hearing a commotion coming from her carriage.