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nan⋅ny

   [nan-ee]
–noun, plural -nies.
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
Origin:
1785–95; nursery word; cf. Welsh nain grandmother, Gk nánna aunt, Russ nyánya nursemaid
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Language Translation for : Nanny
Spanish: niñera, German: das Kindermädchen, Japanese: うば
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Nan⋅ny

   [nan-ee]
–noun
a female given name.
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nan·ny also nan·nie     (nān'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. nan·nies
A children's nurse.

[Alteration of nana.]
nan'ny·ish adj.
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nanny 
"children's nurse," 1795, from widespread child's word for "female adult other than mother" (cf. Gk. nanna "aunt"). The word also is a nickname form of the fem. proper name Anne, which probably is the sense in nanny goat (1788, cf. billy goat). The verb meaning "to be unduly protective" is from 1954. Nanny-house "brothel" is slang from c.1700.

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nanny

noun
1. a woman who is the custodian of children 
2. female goat 

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Nanny

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

Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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