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also nannie
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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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nanny
nurse
Noun
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An outreach agent that flags patient needs is only helpful if there are enough nurses and clinicians available to respond.—
Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Somewhere out of sight—hidden from monitors and hovering nurses and Jed and me—a tightening.—
Erica Stern
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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