variants
or less commonly nannie
plural nannies
: a child's nurse or caregiver
Examples of nanny in a Sentence
When I was growing up, I had a nanny.
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Last year, Seoul sponsored a pilot program to import a hundred nannies from the Philippines.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Also, one of their four cats is named Paolo, and one of their two nannies is named Paola.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Okay, finally, the family having two nannies is mentioned.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
The veteran mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe appears in the small but characterful role of the nanny Filippyevna, and the 31-year-old conductor Timur Zangiev makes his Met debut leading one of opera’s most sumptuous, gripping scores.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Also, one of their four cats is named Paolo, and one of their two nannies is named Paola.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Okay, finally, the family having two nannies is mentioned.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
The veteran mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe appears in the small but characterful role of the nanny Filippyevna, and the 31-year-old conductor Timur Zangiev makes his Met debut leading one of opera’s most sumptuous, gripping scores.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanny. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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nanny
noun
nan·ny
ˈnan-ē 
: a woman who is paid to care for a young child usually in the child's home
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