au pair

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In Portland, they had a gardener, a housecleaner and an au pair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Here he is the 1919 go-between for Esther Nacht, a 14-year-old Jewish refugee whom he places with the Winslow family as an au pair.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

The second level features “a second primary suite, au pair suite with kitchenette and private entry, and additional en suites,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

As a teenager she worked as an au pair in India, and later lived in Hong Kong and Gibraltar with her husband Norman, a lieutenant colonel in the army.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

We had hardly seen each other over the summer, and the first words out of his mouth were, “Our au pair has arrived from England.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg