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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Roughly 20,000 au pairs enter the country each year.
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Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Lynch spent his 13 months of house arrest in a Pacific Heights town house with panoramic views of San Francisco, five bedrooms, four fireplaces, and au pair’s quarters (all at his own expense).
—airmail.news, 19 Aug. 2024
Buyers will have a choice between three different design schemes and the option of adding a vault room for secured storage as well as purchasing an au pair suite or a private garage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
But after years of getting to know her au pairs and their friends, Goto said she's heard horror stories of au pairs – often young women of color – being taken advantage of.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Lynch spent his 13 months of house arrest in a Pacific Heights town house with panoramic views of San Francisco, five bedrooms, four fireplaces, and au pair’s quarters (all at his own expense).
—airmail.news, 19 Aug. 2024
Buyers will have a choice between three different design schemes and the option of adding a vault room for secured storage as well as purchasing an au pair suite or a private garage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
But after years of getting to know her au pairs and their friends, Goto said she's heard horror stories of au pairs – often young women of color – being taken advantage of.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Au pair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/au%20pair. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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