nanny

[ nan-ee ]

/ ˈnæn i /

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noun, plural nan·nies.

a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.

Words nearby nanny

nanking, nanna, nanning, nannofossil, nannoplankton, nanny, nanny cam, nanny goat, nanny state, nanny tax, nannyberry

Origin of nanny

1785–95; nursery word; compare Welsh nain grandmother, Greek nánna aunt, Russian nyánya nursemaid

Definition for nanny (2 of 2)

Nanny

[ nan-ee ]

/ ˈnæn i /

noun

a female given name.

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Examples from the Web for nanny

UNO puts such an onus on smoking students that it ultimately seems like a bully, even more than a nanny.
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The Louisiana university has turned into a nanny state, issuing a campus smoking ban of dubious legality.
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Now, at the University of New Orleans, we have a “nanny university.”
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We believe Williams as both a beaten-down dad and big-hearted Scottish nanny.
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Nanny Jessie Webb tried hard to get him into a routine, but the baby prince, who was still breastfeeding, was permanently hungry.
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It's all luck about Nanny's eyes; and maybe you are only throwing away a chance you'll never have again.'
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He would sit watching Nanny nibbling with her front teeth the capers of the caper sauce, and he would hate her.
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Perhaps nothing could explain so well Nanny Ainslee's popularity as the gathering of folks who came to see her off.
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They were still standing there when Nanny and her father came to take the 10:27 east.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
Nanny and her small family are well: her husband was not sailed the last accounts she had from him.
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British Dictionary definitions for nanny

nanny

/ (ˈnænɪ) /

noun plural -nies

a nurse or nursemaid for children

any person or thing regarded as treating people like children, esp by being patronizing or overprotective
(as modifier)the nanny state

a child's word for grandmother

verb nannies, nannying or nannied

(intr) to nurse or look after someone else's children

(tr) to be overprotective towards

Word Origin for nanny

C19: child's name for a nurse

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nanny

noun, plural nan·nies.

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Definition for nanny (2 of 2)

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for nanny

noun plural -nies

verb nannies, nannying or nannied

Word Origin for nanny