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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nan•ny /ˈnæni/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nies. - British Termsnursemaid.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nan•ny (nan′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - British Termsa person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- 1785–95; nursery word; compare Welsh nain grandmother, Greek nánna aunt, Russian nyánya nursemaid
- a female given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nanny /ˈnænɪ/ n ( pl -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
vb (nannies, nannying, nannied)- (intransitive) to nurse or look after someone else's children
- (transitive) to be overprotective towards
Etymology: 19th Century: child's name for a nurse |