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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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nanny1

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

Origin of nanny1

C19: child's name for a nurse
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In the Republican world, freedom means going unvaccinated in a pandemic in order to give the finger to the nanny state.

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Three of the women worked for the late billionaire and former owner of Harrods as nannies and two as private air stewards between 1995 and 2012.

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Reacting to the outcome, James Evans MS, the Welsh Conservatives' health and social care representative, described the rules as "nanny state nonsense".

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When it comes to childcare, the couple do not have a nanny or au pair, but they do have a very supportive family.

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Nancy Robinette as Marína, the elderly nanny who comforts those she has long served with maternal acceptance, maintains the long view in a household caught up in short-term squabbles.

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