catsitter

English

Etymology

From cat +‎ sitter or catsit +‎ -er.

Noun

catsitter (plural catsitters)

1. One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.
   • 1974, Don Robertson, Praise the human season:

     Still, don't you think he'd be happier staying home, with a catsitter to take care of him?

   • 2004, Linda Anderson, Angel Cats: Divine Messengers of Comfort:

     She loved me, my parents, my friends, her catsitters, and even visiting cable repairmen and plumbers, in whose toolboxes she liked to nap.

Hypernyms

• petsitter

Related terms

• catsit
• catsitting
• dogsitter

Translations

one who takes care of cats when the owner is absent

• German: Katzensitter m, Katzensitterin f
• Italian: cat sitter m or f, guardagatti m or f (informal), badagatti m or f (informal)

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