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nannie

nannie

1 1.1
A woman who is paid to care for children in a home
  • noun
  • /ˈnæni/
  • UK
translation icon : niñera
  • My nanny takes care of the children while I am at work.

And what I didn't know was that she and the nanny didn't get on.

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Examples

  • My SO I have a nanny that helps with our two kids.

  • And, and, and then she asks me to sing, sing her a song because her nanny usually sings her a song.

  • She was because like, God, that's because like the the parents, it's so hard to find a nanny they can trust.

  • And what I didn't know was that she and the nanny didn't get on.

  • You know, there's a problem with paying a nanny off the books and you've embarrassed them.

  • So my advice here would be don't like wait for too long, but ideally if you could afford a nanny right away, that would be awesome.

  • When they go on vacation, they hire a nanny to look after their kids.

  • The nanny read bedtime stories to the children every night.

Synonyms

nanny
vsnannie
603 1.0

A woman who looks after children in a family's home

has identical meaning but is a different spelling form
sitter
vsnannie
70 1.6

A person who looks after children at home while their parents are out

is a household employee rather than temporary paid care
nurse
vsnannie
  • Archaic
37 3.0

A woman employed to look after children in a home

focuses on household employment specifically rather than traditional title
nursemaid
vsnannie
  • Archaic
12 5.3

A woman who cares for young children in a private home

is similar but the key stresses being in the family's own home
baby-sitter
vsnannie
9 1.2

A person parents pay to look after children when they are away

is employed by the family to care in the home rather than short visits
bonne
vsnannie
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A woman who looks after children and helps with housework

emphasizes the employed family position rather than general domestic service
childminder
vsnannie
  • UK
1 2.8

A person who looks after children in their own home while parents are at work

works in the family's home as their employed household carer
babyminder
vsnannie
  • UK
7.1

A person who looks after babies in their own home while parents work

is employed in the family's home to care for children rather than working elsewhere
baby minder
vsnannie
  • UK
3.3

A person who looks after babies in their home while their parents work

is employed in the family's home to care for children rather than working elsewhere
foster-nurse
vsnannie
8.1

A woman who raises another woman's child as her own

is an employed household carer rather than a long term adoptive caregiver

How Professional

governess
22 7.9
nannie
  • UK
1 1.1
au pair
7 5.8
babysitter
234 1.0

Surface Forms

nannie singular
nannies plural

Etymology

Nannie: The word nannie for a woman who cares for children comes from baby-talk names such as Nan or Nana, used for a caring woman who looks after children. So a nannie is someone who is paid to care for children in the home.