Definitions for nannyˈnæn i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

nan•nyˈnæn i(n.)(pl.)-nies.

  1. a person employed to care for children in a household.

    Category: British

Origin of nanny:

1785–95; nursery word

Princeton's WordNet

  1. nanny, nursemaid, nurse(noun)

    a woman who is the custodian of children

  2. nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat(noun)

    female goat

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. nanny(noun)ˈnæn i

    sb whose job is to take care of a child in the child's home

    They took their nanny on vacation with them.

Wiktionary

  1. nanny(Noun)

    A child's nurse

  2. nanny(Noun)

    A grandmother.

  3. nanny(Noun)

    A female goat

  4. nanny(Verb)

    To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

  5. Nanny(ProperNoun)

    or Anne.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nanny(noun)

    a diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name


Translations for nanny

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

nanny(noun)

a children's nurse.

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