mannie
9.7
A man who cares for children in a home
- noun
- /ˈmæn.i/
- UK
:
niñero
- When the family travels, the mannie is responsible for ensuring the children's safety.
Examples
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Thus Little Chandler asks himself, "could he not escape from his little house" (D 83), and his wife tries to hush the baby by calling him, "My little man! My little mannie!..."
Academic text (1991) -
The mannie took the children to the park to play for the afternoon.
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Every evening, the mannie reads stories to the kids before bedtime.
Synonyms
2
4.0
A person who looks after young children in their own home while the parents work
is specifically a man employed to do that childcare role
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mannie is a modern blend of man and nanny, so you can remember it as 'man' + 'nanny' and imagine a man who cares for children. This explains why a mannie means a male childcare worker.