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nanny

1

[ nan-ee ]

noun

plural nannies.
  1. a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.


Nanny

2

[ nan-ee ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

nanny

/ 藞苍忙苍瑟 /

noun

  1. a nurse or nursemaid for children
    1. any person or thing regarded as treating people like children, esp by being patronizing or overprotective
    2. ( as modifier )

      the nanny state

  2. a child's word for grandmother
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to nurse or look after someone else's children
  2. tr to be overprotective towards
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nanny1

1785鈥95; nursery word; compare Welsh nain grandmother, Greek 苍谩苍苍补 aunt, Russian 苍测谩苍测补 nursemaid
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nanny1

C19: child's name for a nurse
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Lydia Mugambe was studying for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford when officers discovered she had a young woman at her home carrying out unpaid work as a maid and nanny.

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You had to go back to waiting tables, and you were a nanny.

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The magazine is famed for its etiquette advice and adverts for butlers, nannies and discreet liaisons with well-heeled 60-somethings.

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In the Republican world, freedom means going unvaccinated in a pandemic in order to give the finger to the nanny state.

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Three of the women worked for the late billionaire and former owner of Harrods as nannies and two as private air stewards between 1995 and 2012.

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