保ほ父ふ

noun

male childcare worker; male carer

Dated term for a male caregiver in a nursery school or children's home. The modern, gender-neutral term is 保育士.

See also: 保育士

• 昔むかしは保ほ父ふという言こと葉ばが使つかわれていたが、今いまは保ほ育いく士しが一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

  The word 保父 was used in the past, but now 保育士 is common.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、保ほ父ふとして児じ童どう養よう護ご施し設せつで働はたらいてきた。

  He worked for many years as a male carer at a children's home.