Nanny
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnæni/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nanny is a noun meaning A child's nurse.
Meaning
A child's nurse.
More Meanings
- (colloquial) A grandmother.
- (US, colloquial) A godmother.
- A female goat.
- (mining) Synonym of sylvester (“device for pulling out pit props”).
- (intransitive, transitive) To serve as a nanny.
- (transitive, derogatory) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.
Example Sentences
Nannies and billies look very similar, both having dangerously sharp, curved black horns.
In real life, says a Democratic campaign aide, members of Congress are too nannied by staff to stride about hatching plots, one-on-one.
All politicians seem worried. After 40-plus years of being nannied by the EU they are now faced with having to stand on their own two feet.
Breeding is a consuming goal, and the ascendance of the sex drive is nearly as apparent in the behavior of a mountain goat billy. So given over is he to following and defending a succession of nannies as he searches for one in heat (estrus), he loses interest in food altogether; […]
Word Forms
- nannies
- nannie
- nannying
- nannied
Synonyms for nanny
Depending on context, synonyms include housemother, sylvester, nurse, nursemaid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nurse, nursemaid, nan, governess, maid, babysitter.
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