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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nanny
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nanny goat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
state
▪ Mr Ridley, who was not involved in any of the original decisions, is no supporter of the nanny state either.
▪ Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He turned and flung himself into his nanny's arms.
▪ I can't afford a nanny.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But unlike employees who work with others, the nanny faces the additional problem of isolation.
▪ Friends rallied to him and Claudia installed a housekeeper and a nanny.
▪ He glanced at his nanny for support.
▪ Hers was a maid; his a nanny.
▪ His father employed a succession of nannies, who always left just when he was beginning to get used to them.
▪ Mary had been looked after by a nanny until the age of seven and had then stayed intermittently with elderly relatives.
▪ The costs of employing even a shared nanny, however, should be thoroughly investigated beforehand.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nanny

Nanny \Nan"ny\, n. 1. A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.

Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]

Nanny

Nanny \Nan"ny\, Nannie \Nan"nie\(n[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. nannies.

  1. a caretaker for a child; a child's nurse; a nursemaid.

  2. Grandmother; -- a child's word, used especially as a form of address. See also nana.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nanny

"children's nurse," 1795, from widespread child's word for "female adult other than mother" (compare Greek nanna "aunt"). The word also is a nickname form of the fem. proper name Ann, which probably is the sense in nanny goat (1788, compare billy goat). Nanny-house "brothel" is slang from c.1700. Nanny state, in reference to overintrusive government policies is attested by 1987, the term associated with British political leader Margaret Thatcher, who criticized the tendency.

nanny

"to be unduly protective," 1954, from nanny (n.). Related: Nannied; nannying.

Wiktionary
nanny

n. A child's nurse. vb. (context pejorative English) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle. (From the mid-20th c.)

WordNet
nanny
  1. n. a woman who is the custodian of children [syn: nursemaid, nurse]

  2. female goat [syn: nanny-goat, she-goat]

Wikipedia
Nanny

A nanny, childminder, child care provider, or mother's helper is an individual who provides care for one or more children in a family as a service. Traditionally, nannies were servants in large households and reported directly to the lady of the house. Today, modern nannies, like other domestic workers, may live in or out of the house depending on their circumstances and those of their employers. Professional nannies are usually certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, qualified in First Aid, and have a degree or extensive training in child development. There are many employment agencies that specialize in childcare and online services that aid in finding available nannies.

A childminder cares for the child in the childminder's home. Depending on the country they live in, government registration may or may not be required.

A governess, in contrast to a nanny, concentrates on teaching and training children.

A special type of modern nanny is known as a mother's helper. They are hired to assist mothers in the chores of the household as well as care for the children. A mother's helper may live in or out of the house.

Nanny (disambiguation)

A nanny is a child's caregiver.

Nanny or The Nanny may also refer to:

Nanny (comics)

Nanny is the name of two different fictional characters in X-Men and related titles in the Marvel Comics Universe.

The more well known Nanny is a mutant.

Nanny (TV series)

Nanny is a BBC television series that ran between 1981 and 1983. In this historical drama, Wendy Craig stars as nanny Barbara Gray, caring for children in 1930s England. When Barbara Gray leaves the divorce court she has no money, no job just an iron will and a love for children. The third series is set in London in World War II.

Nanny (short story)

Nanny is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1955 in Startling Stories and later in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. It has since been republished several times, including in Beyond Lies the Wub in 1988.

Nanny (river)

The Nanny, also called the Nanny Water, is a river that flows from Kentstown into the Irish Sea at Laytown. The river is known for its trout fishing, and its estuary on the Irish sea provides a haven for wintering birds.

Usage examples of "nanny".

Nanny saw what had happened she ran up to Billy bleating as if her heart would break for she was very fond of him, and she was afraid they were going to kill him or take him away forever.

A garnet brooch deftly unclipped from the bombasine blouse worn by a nanny earned a gaol term or transportion no different to the neatest unclipping of a diamond pin from the silk bodice of a duchess.

Nanny Baskins resided, and took a long lingering look at the sleeping male form on top of the white eyelet spread.

That has been done to you by human females, you know: your mothers and your nannies, the better to control you.

Time and time again these memoirists stress that it was their nanny who taught them how to love and how to live.

Witches soon picked up ways of controlling people with their voices, but Nanny Ogg listened at you.

Nanny Ogg said was doing very well, and that was witchcraft too, and then in an out-of-the-way group of huddled little cottages, they climbed the cramped wooden stairs to a tiny little bedroom where an old man shot at them with a crossbow.

Nanny opened the door had been bad enough, but for a fraction of a second, she would have sworn that an arrow had gone right through Nanny Ogg and stuck in the door frame.

Nanny Ogg, who was sitting in her chair and puffing gently on her pipe.

Without hesitating, the nanny sprinted across the lawn and up the stone steps, bolted through the front door sending hatboxes rolling across the hall and took the stairs three at a time, arriving breathless and shaking in the room where Damp had crawled shrieking under a dust sheet, still hanging onto her spoon.

Nanny Sisi had been more organized and demanded more discipline of me than he did.

Thursday morning, after breakfast, while Nanny was helping Sylva to dress, I received an unexpected visit which made me see the danger I was still exposed to despite the presence of the nurse, as long as I had not publicly put matters right.

Russia, consisting of nannies, children, daughters, and fat landowners, came for the merrymaking in britzkas, gigs, tarantasses, and such carriages as no one ever saw even in dreams.

She had been raised by a succession of nannies unable to deal with life in the eccentric Wythe household.

She answered their anxious questions as to just when she would be coming back with a cheerfulness which wholly deceived them, begged them to be good children and do as Nanny told them and not to annoy their papa, and kissed them with a secret sorrow that it might be a long time, perhaps never, before she saw them again.