Search for crossword answers and clues
One who helps a posh couple?
Answer for the clue "One who helps a posh couple? ", 7 letters:
au pair
Alternative clues for the word au pair
Word definitions for au pair in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An au pair (plural: au pairs ) is a domestic assistant from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family . Typically, au pairs take on a share of the family's responsibility for [childcare], and receive a monetary allowance for personal ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A single girl (or, rarely, a boy) who helps a host family with childcare and/or housework while staying as a guest with a host family and generally receiving a small allowance (or pocket money)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1897 of the arrangement, 1960 of the girl; French, literally "on an equal footing" (see pair (n.)).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The au pair may have a different view of her status in the household than her employers do.
Usage examples of au pair.
But it was the liaison who opted to do so after speaking with her and her au pair, and other members of your staff.
He was still engrossed in composing an unrehearsed account of the changes he had in mind for the College when the doorbell rang and the au pair girl announced Cornelius Carrington.
Amazed to see them arriving with her dreary stepmother, whom she usually passed off as the younger children's au pair, Natasha was forced to speak to Kitty in order to meet them.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a decent au pair after the season's started?
He's always got a hand up the nurse'ssmock or a seigneurial tongue in the au pair's ear.
You cant end a marriage because some au pair wags her tail at you.
I joined Rachel and the au pair in the kitchen, gave beefy assistance gathering chairs and shifting the dining-room table.