metapeletn.

1950 Middle Eastern Affairs 1 112 In the kibbutz, the metapelet, who is specially trained to look after the children while the mother is at work, is the equivalent of the private nurse and governess.

1956 M. E. Spiro Kibbutz v. 129 The Infants House includes a maximum sixteen infants..who are in the charge of a head ‘nurse’ (metappelet, literally, ‘caretaker’) and two full-time assistant ‘nurses’.

1973 Sociol. of Educ. 46 43 Most [children] see their parents during daily visits, but the general responsibility for day-to-day care is assigned to trained ‘metapelets’.

1977 National Observer (U.S.) 15 Jan. 14/1 Rina, a 28-year-old metapelot, or nurse-teacher, says she has never wanted to do anything but work with children.

1988 Jerusalem Post 7 Oct. 19 (advt.) Mother + 3 children require metapelet + references, afternoons, help in housework, accommodation, traditional, fair salary.

1992 L. Glinert Joys of Hebrew 153 Thousands upon thousands of metapelot are available to look after the nation's small children without charging either an arm or a leg. How, one wonders, can this possibly go on?