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Meanings of nanny in English

Russian
няня
Portuguese
babá
Spanish
nana
Catalan
mainadera
Wikidata

Person employed to take care of employer's children in employer's home.

Related terms
няня
Portuguese
babá
Catalan
mainadera

A woman who watches over someone else's kids usually as a full-time job.

babá
Synonyms
Examples for "manny"
Examples for "manny"
1
Keepin' herself for herself when there's manny a good man needin' her.
Northern Lights, Volume 4.
2
The Fuel Minister, Manny Shinwell, spoke of 'a condition of complete disaster'.
Modern Times
3
So maybe the example of Asher was explanation enough of Manny's anger.
Kalooki Nights
4
And in Israel, not many years into Manny's sentence, they shot him.
Kalooki Nights
5
Manny sighed, relieved that Doc had come out and said it first.
I'll never get out of this world alive
Portuguese
bode
Catalan
cabra
Spanish
cabra

Female goat.

bode
Usage of nanny in English
1
We should have a nanny state if parents continue behave like children.
The Guardian
2
About Cora Teague having left her nanny job, reportedly for health reasons.
Speaking in Bones
3
Sarah left a few minutes later with the nanny and her children.
Amazing grace
4
She had no doubt that the nanny Obregah-Xo also sent secret reports.
Paul of dune
5
Mrs Theron says she may employ a nanny again in the future.
The South African
6
One could argue that Circle with Disney creates a nanny state, sure.
Wired
7
The nanny always fed the children early unless Beau was coming over.
Keeping christmas
8
That nanny saved Volodya from serious injury-indeedmay have saved his life.
The gates of november
9
So, in other words, I went to see Madonna with my nanny.
The Guardian
10
You do have good intentions when you go full nanny on NYC.
Ebony
11
Robin saw the nanny's red hair and heard a car door open.
Career of Evil
12
I don't buy the naïve nanny pose and the innocent shoulder rubs.
Heat Wave
13
My nanny, my darling beloved nanny, was gone, and I was six.
The power of one
14
As well as this he was expected to nanny the whole crew.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
15
This whole nanny thing -they just kind of ran with it.
Reuters
16
What we are told is that he's been attacked by the nanny.
The Irish Times
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Translations for nanny
Spanish
nanacabra
Nanny through the time
Nanny across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
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