catsitter

noun

catsitter

noun

Etymology From cat + sitter or catsit + -er.

1

One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.

  • Still, don't you think he'd be happier staying home, with a catsitter to take care of him?1974, Don Robertson, Praise the human season:
  • She loved me, my parents, my friends, her catsitters, and even visiting cable repairmen and plumbers, in whose toolboxes she liked to nap.2004, Linda Anderson, Angel Cats: Divine Messengers of Comfort:
Related terms
catsit, catsitting, dogsitter
Hypernyms
petsitter

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