Matron vs Babysitter - What's the difference?
matron | babysitter |
A mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:your wives, your daughters, your matrons , and your maids
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron ; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
A housekeeper; especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital.
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A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
As nouns the difference between matron and babysitter
is that matron is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners while babysitter is a person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.matron
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)babysitter
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (rare) (l)Noun
(en noun)- My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other moms' children.