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nanny Definition


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nanny
noun nannies
    1. A children's nurse.
    2. colloq
      Form: nana (also)
      Form: nanna
adj
    1. derog
      Said of institutions or the state, etc: protective to an intrusive extent.
verb
    nannies, nannied, nannying
    1. To over-protect or over-supervise.
Derivative: nannyish
adj
    Overprotective.
Etymology: 18c: from Nanny, a pet-form of the name Ann.



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