nanny
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈnæni/
:
niñera
- My neighbor works as a nanny and helps look after three young children in their home.
- hire a nanny
- parents hire nannies
- maids and nannies
The cost of employment, whether that's for a nanny or daycare, is all up.
- The cost of employment, whether that's for a nanny or daycare, is all up.
- And then the other point I'd like to make is the nanny we have right now, her name's Uli.
- And because I could have a choice of, you know, getting a nanny and then working full time.
- And young Russians in need of discipline and love will have to do without flying nannies and chimney sweeps.
- So my wife was behind me, kids, the nanny.
- Putin has made sure that Trump has a full time nanny.
- They're going to live for the first time without any staff, without a nanny.
- But if I have to pick one right now, I would celebrate one of my nannies.
- Forza, let's set the nanny on fire.
- But you see your husband putting a, a narcotic in your nanny's mouth, right?
- By the way, Bill Maher was your nanny.
Examples
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Our new nanny just quit.
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I prefer the professional distinction of "nanny," if you don't mind.
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So anyway, I, I worked as a like a nanny a lot while I was in college.
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Apparently, she was a nanny for some rich family.
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"We'll begin a search for a new nanny as soon as I come home," he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
The working mother has to take her child to a nanny.
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The judge noticed that a woman who appeared to be their nanny had brought them to court.
Fiction book (1994) -
The boy and his nanny watch the car go off in a cloud of dust.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I don't want to go out and get a new nanny just yet.
Fiction book (1995) -
Pushkin learned Russian from his nanny; his parents spoke to him solely in French.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
37
3.0
A woman employed to look after children in a home
12
5.3
A woman who cares for young children in a private home
1
1.1
A woman who is paid to care for children in a home
1
9.9
A woman who looks after children and helps with housework
Compounds
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nanny comes from baby talk like nana, a warm name a child uses for a woman who looks after them. It is like the word nurse, so a nanny means a 'woman who cares for children'.