EGAVE

nanny

About 1.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A child's nurse.
    The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.
  2. noun A grandmother.
  3. noun A godmother.
  4. noun A female goat.
  5. noun Synonym of sylvester (“device for pulling out pit props”).
  6. verb To serve as a nanny.
  7. verb To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

nurse nursemaid nanny-goat she-goat nan governess maid babysitter nana granny

Often followed by

and was to had goat for who in is

Word family

nannie nannies

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