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nannie

nannie

1 1.1
A woman who is paid to care for children in a home
  • noun
  • /ˈnæni/
  • UK
: 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
378 1.0

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

has identical meaning but is a different spelling form
sitter
vsnannie
123 1.6

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

is a household employee rather than temporary paid care
baby-sitter
vsnannie
67 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
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
nurse
vsnannie
  • Archaic
9 3.0

A woman employed to look after children in a home

focuses on household employment specifically rather than traditional title
foster-nurse
vsnannie
1 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
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
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
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

How Professional

governess
18 7.9
nannie
  • UK
1 1.1
au pair
10 5.8
babysitter
181 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.