variants
or less commonly nannie
plural nannies
: a child's nurse or caregiver
Examples of nanny in a Sentence
When I was growing up, I had a nanny.
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Accommodations range from 21 airy beachfront villas with private pools and tropical walled gardens,to five hilltop, three-to-five-bedroom grand residences featuring sprawling outdoor living spaces and spectacular views from sunrise to sunset, along with a personal golf buggy, butler, and nanny.
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Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Colonial Nannies Cross The Empire South Asian maids and nannies journeyed to Britain by the thousands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with returning colonials.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The vast majority of these Venezuelans are restaurant workers, Uber drivers, nannies and other service workers doing the jobs that many Americans won’t touch.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
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Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Colonial Nannies Cross The Empire South Asian maids and nannies journeyed to Britain by the thousands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with returning colonials.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The vast majority of these Venezuelans are restaurant workers, Uber drivers, nannies and other service workers doing the jobs that many Americans won’t touch.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for nanny
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanny. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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nanny
noun
nan·ny
ˈnan-ē 
: a woman who is paid to care for a young child usually in the child's home
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