nanny
About 1.00 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A child's nurse.
The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.
- noun A grandmother.
- noun A godmother.
- noun A female goat.
- noun Synonym of sylvester (“device for pulling out pit props”).
- verb To serve as a nanny.
- 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
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Word family
nannie nannies
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