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AU PAIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does au pair mean?
• AU PAIR (noun)
The noun AU PAIR has 1 sense:
1. a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
Familiarity information: AU PAIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("au pair" is a kind of...):
alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "au pair"):
au pair girl (a foreign girl serving as an au pair)
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