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Audio Help [nan-ee] Pronunciation Key –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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nanny
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| nan·ny also nan·nie
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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| nanny | |
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| 1. | a woman who is the custodian of children |
| 2. | female goat |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
nanny [ˈnӕni] noun — plural ˈnannies
a children's nurse
See also: the nanny state
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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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