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nanny

1

[nan-ee]

noun

plural

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



Nanny

2

[nan-ee]

noun

  1. a female given name.

nanny

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a nurse or nursemaid for children

    1. any person or thing regarded as treating people like children, esp by being patronizing or overprotective

    2. ( as modifier )

      the nanny state

  2. a child's word for grandmother

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

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

  2. (tr) to be overprotective towards

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nanny1

1785–95; nursery word; compare Welsh nain grandmother, Greek áԲԲ aunt, Russian ԲáԲⲹ nursemaid
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nanny1

C19: child's name for a nurse
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Ironically, these intrusions are enthusiastically supported by the same voters who whine incessantly about the nanny state.

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“More money for nannies, man,” Cannon said emphatically.

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Lydia Mugambe was studying for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford when officers discovered she had a young woman at her home carrying out unpaid work as a maid and nanny.

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You had to go back to waiting tables, and you were a nanny.

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The magazine is famed for its etiquette advice and adverts for butlers, nannies and discreet liaisons with well-heeled 60-somethings.

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