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nanny
nanny
/ˈnæni/
noun
A child's nurse.
family
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babysitter
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
spinster
A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
caregiver
A carer; a person who looks after another person.
bachelor
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
foster
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
widower
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.