nanny

noun

nan·​ny ˈna-nē How to pronounce nanny (audio)
variants or less commonly nannie
plural nannies
: a child's nurse or caregiver

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 on the Web In the early nineties, Chen was hired by an orphanage as a nanny for a dollar a day. Barbara Demick, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024 The duplex features three bedrooms, an office, a den and a nanny’s suite. Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024 All three said that, contrary to the Daily Mail report, the woman did not work as a nanny for the Emhoff children. Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2024 For decades the population of care workers—which includes nannies like Kenya as well as those who work in child, elder, or health care—has had numbers but not power. Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nanny 

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Word History

Etymology

probably of baby-talk origin

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nanny was in 1785

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Cite this Entry

“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanny. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

nanny

noun
nan·​ny ˈnan-ē How to pronounce nanny (audio)
: a woman who is paid to care for a young child usually in the child's home

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