- a person, usually a young foreign visitor, employed to take care of children, do housework, etc., in exchange for room and board: We sent the children to the beach with the au pair.
- of, relating to, or employed under such an arrangement: an au pair girl.
- a young foreigner, usually a girl, who undertakes housework in exchange for board and lodging, esp in order to learn the language
- (as modifier)
- a young person who lives temporarily with a family abroad in exchange for a reciprocal arrangement with his or her own family
- to work as an au pair
- as an au pair
