n.
(pl. nannies)
- a person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.
▸a person or institution regarded as interfering and overprotective.
- Brit. informal one's grandmother.
-
(also nanny goat)
a female goat.
v.
(nannies, nannying, nannied)
[
usu. as noun nannying]
- work as a nanny.
- be overprotective towards.
Derivative
Etymology
C18: familiar form of the given name Ann.
