nanny

noun nan·ny \ ˈna-nē \

variants: or less commonly nannie

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Examples: nanny in a Sentence

Definition of nanny

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

Recent Examples of nanny from the Web

Girard moved to Hollywood and became a nanny, Marty O'Neal said.

— max londberg, kansascity, "Neighbors, relatives memorialize victims of triple murder-suicide at Northland vigil," 12 June 2018
The reason for the second language makes sense though—Charlotte's nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion, is a native Spanish speaker.

— kayleigh roberts, Marie Claire, "Princess Charlotte Isn't Allowed to Sit With Her Parents During Royal Visit Dinners," 2 June 2018
Tully stars Theron as a mother of three, including a newborn, who forms a unique bond with a night nanny (Mackenzie Davis) gifted by her rich brother (Mark Duplass).

— pamela mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter, "Weekend Box Office: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Earns Heroic $112.5M in Second Outing," 6 May 2018
Today, nearly eight million families pay nannies, day care centers, or some other provider to watch over their children, according to census data.

— bryce covert, The New Republic, "A New Deal for Day Care," 1 May 2018
Per royal correspondent Omid Scobie, palace sources claim that William and Kate have no plans to hire additional support or a nanny in caring for the three royal tots, all under the age of four.

— megan decker, Harper's BAZAAR, "Prince William Says We'll "Find Out Soon" About The Royal Baby's Name," 23 Apr. 2018
Always a hard worker, Mary quickly took a job as a nanny in Providence, RI, and then met her beloved husband John Joseph Taylor at an Irish dance.

— courant.com, "Mary C. Clarke," 27 Feb. 2018
Debby Ryan may have moved on from playing sweet country girl Bailey Pickett in Disney Channel's Suite Life on Deck to portraying a New York star-in-the-making/nanny in Disney's Jessie, but that doesn't mean that she's forgotten her Suite Life roots.

— noelle devoe, Seventeen, "A "Suite Life On Deck Reunion" Is Happening And It's Everything You Need In Your Life!," 23 Mar. 2015
McConnell might be the last brilliant thing ever done by Sam Hinkie as the general manager of the Sixers and orchestrator of a rebuilding strategy so universally supported that the owner of the team hired a nanny to get him back in the crib.

— bob ford, Philly.com, "Does T.J. McConnell playoff performance represent changing of the guards for Sixers? | Bob Ford," 8 May 2018

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