plural au pairs
ˈō-ˈperz 
: a usually young foreign person who cares for children and does domestic work for a family in return for room and board and the opportunity to learn the family's language
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Banfield's charging in the case comes months after the family's 24-year-old live-in au pair was charged in the case.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Part of that puzzle is in the process of being solved as Juliana Peres Magalhaes, Banfield's 23-year-old au pair and a Brazilian national, prepares to stand trial for second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime in Ryan's shooting death.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
When the au pair, Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), arrives, things seem routine — until a baby's cry is heard over the monitor.
—James Mercadante, Cori Chapman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
With a separate living room, this lavish space could be used for in-law or au pair living.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Part of that puzzle is in the process of being solved as Juliana Peres Magalhaes, Banfield's 23-year-old au pair and a Brazilian national, prepares to stand trial for second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime in Ryan's shooting death.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
When the au pair, Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), arrives, things seem routine — until a baby's cry is heard over the monitor.
—James Mercadante, Cori Chapman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
With a separate living room, this lavish space could be used for in-law or au pair living.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024
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