variants
or less commonly nannie
plural nannies
: a child's nurse or caregiver
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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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Juliana Peres Magalhães, the nanny for a suburban Virginia family who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in a double homicide case, can be seen hyperventilating in new police body camera footage from the Fairfax County Police Department.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
Her first feature explored the unsettling experiences of Aisha (Diop), an undocumented Senegalese immigrant working as a nanny for an affluent white couple in New York City, while struggling to save enough money to bring her son from Senegal to America.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Watch on Amazon Nanny Aisha (Anna Diop) is a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for a rich couple in New York City, hoping to earn enough to bring her son and cousin to join her in America.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
One of the women, Scarlett, is a former nanny of Gaiman’s and another, known as K, was a fan.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
Her first feature explored the unsettling experiences of Aisha (Diop), an undocumented Senegalese immigrant working as a nanny for an affluent white couple in New York City, while struggling to save enough money to bring her son from Senegal to America.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Watch on Amazon Nanny Aisha (Anna Diop) is a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for a rich couple in New York City, hoping to earn enough to bring her son and cousin to join her in America.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
One of the women, Scarlett, is a former nanny of Gaiman’s and another, known as K, was a fan.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanny. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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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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