restavec

English

Etymology

Borrowed French reste-avec, from Haitian Creole restavèk, from French rester (“stay”) + French avec (“with”)

Noun

restavec (plural restavecs)

  1. (Haiti) A child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant.

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