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   Nan·ny

   /ˈnanē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person, in particular a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.
   • ▪ a person or institution regarded as interfering and overprotective.
   • 2. one's grandmother. informal
   • 3. a female goat.

   verb

   • 1. work as a nanny: "she cooked, cleaned, and nannied for a family in California"
   • 2. be overprotective towards: "stop nannying us! We are capable of dealing with our own lives"

   Word Origin early 18th century (in nanny goat): pet form of the given name Ann. The verb dates from the 1950s.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nannyish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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