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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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Recent Examples of nanny
Fox News pundits such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity portrayed Let’s Move as a nanny-state plot to control the American diet, a slippery slope to the criminalization of french fries.
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
The nanny managed to escape and call authorities.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Emily Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s shoes to play the magical nanny Mary Poppins, who returns to the Banks household to help an adult Michael and Jane save their home.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
From a nanny to help with her kids four days a week who makes their dinner, lunches, and does laundry, a housekeeper who comes once a week to clean and do ironing, and Hirsch's mom who also watches the children once a week and makes dinner for everyone.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
The nanny managed to escape and call authorities.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Emily Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s shoes to play the magical nanny Mary Poppins, who returns to the Banks household to help an adult Michael and Jane save their home.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
From a nanny to help with her kids four days a week who makes their dinner, lunches, and does laundry, a housekeeper who comes once a week to clean and do ironing, and Hirsch's mom who also watches the children once a week and makes dinner for everyone.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nanny
nurse
Noun
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Rowan currently employs over 550 nurses, and the company’s medical team created its own curriculum to train nurses in ear piercing techniques.—
Jennifer Liu
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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The nurse was assigned to work at the Missouri hospital in May 2023.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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