nanny

[ nan-ee ]
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noun,plural nan·nies.
  1. a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.

Origin of nanny

1
1785–95; nursery word; compare Welsh nain grandmother, Greek nánna aunt, Russian nyánya nursemaid

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Nanny
[ nan-ee ]

noun
  1. a female given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for nanny

nanny

/ (ˈnænɪ) /


nounplural -nies
  1. 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

  1. a child's word for grandmother

verbnannies, nannying or nannied
  1. (intr) to nurse or look after someone else's children

  2. (tr) to be overprotective towards

Origin of nanny

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C19: child's name for a nurse

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