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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
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nanny

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Noun
 : 
nan=ny

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nanny has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

nannyn. 
     A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.  [1913 Webster]
Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]
nannyn. 
  •  a caretaker for a child; a child's nurse; a nursemaid.  [PJC]
  •  Grandmother; -- a child's word, used especially as a form of address. See also nana.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nanny, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a child's nurse. b an unduly protective person, institution, etc. (the nanny State).
2 = NAN.
3 (in full nanny-goat) a female goat.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) be unduly protective towards.

Etymology
formed as NANCY

THESAURUS

nanny

Partlet, amah, ayah, biddy, billy, billy goat, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, cow, doe, doeling, dry nurse, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, goat, guinea hen, gyp, he-goat, heifer, hen, hind, jenny, kid, lioness, mammy, mare, mountain goat, nanny goat, nurse, nursemaid, nurserymaid, peahen, roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, sitter, slut, sow, tigress, vixen, wet nurse

ROGET THESAURUS

nanny

Keeper

N keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard, watchdog, watchman, Charley, chokidar, durwan, hayward, sentry, sentinel, watch and ward, concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper, escort, bodyguard, protector, governor, duenna, guardian, governess, nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah.

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