variants
or less commonly nannie
plural nannies
: a child's nurse or caregiver
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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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The hearing ended with Walker ordered to pay £12,500 in child maintenance per month plus one-off fees of £5,000 for furniture and £30,000 for a car to be used by a nanny.
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
While handling a drop-off at her twins’ school, Olympia learns that one of her family’s favorite nannies, Nadira (Ashley Romans), has been effectively ostracized by her fellow upper-class moms.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
In the update, Monroe, star of this summer’s horror hit Longlegs, is the nanny while Winstead is the mother.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
Kids are kept happy with nannies who can also handle transfers to and from the local ski school.
—Duncan Madden, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
While handling a drop-off at her twins’ school, Olympia learns that one of her family’s favorite nannies, Nadira (Ashley Romans), has been effectively ostracized by her fellow upper-class moms.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
In the update, Monroe, star of this summer’s horror hit Longlegs, is the nanny while Winstead is the mother.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
Kids are kept happy with nannies who can also handle transfers to and from the local ski school.
—Duncan Madden, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanny. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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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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