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nanny
1[nan-ee]
noun
plural
nanniesa person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
Nanny
2[nan-ee]
noun
a female given name.
nanny
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
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
(intr) to nurse or look after someone else's children
(tr) to be overprotective towards
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nanny1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nanny1
Example Sentences
Ironically, these intrusions are enthusiastically supported by the same voters who whine incessantly about the nanny state.
“More money for nannies, man,” Cannon said emphatically.
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.
You had to go back to waiting tables, and you were a nanny.
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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