variants also nannie
Definition of nannynext
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet

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Recent Examples of nanny Like many house managers, Thompson started as a nanny and expanded into family home operations. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 His daughter’s no-nonsense nanny, Malvina (Anna Diaz), side-eyes her bougie employers, while Silvina’s scruffy ex-husband, Ricardes (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), creeps around the gardens, occasionally drawing Camilo into a heart-to-heart. Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Falcon’s is a resplendent six-bedroom villa equipped with nanny’s quarters, its own waterfall and infinity pool, and a terrace large enough to host a banquet. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 The couple was also accused of not paying the nanny her salary on several occasions, and of taking her passport into their possession in July 2024, prosecutors added. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nanny
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Noun
  • Tauscha went back to school when Tucker was young to become an emergency room trauma nurse working late nights.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Many nurses and union officials said strengthening the law is essential and that the law’s language is unclear, leaving it open to different interpretations.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Children in the playground at my school would shout ‘Rosenthal’ when anyone missed a sitter.
    Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Last summer, Gardner’s friend and cat sitter Joanie began giving them sound baths while Gardner was away.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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