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also nannie
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Recent Examples of nanny
Much like Eloise, who lived with her parents in the penthouse suite — along with a pug, a pet turtle and nanny — Marie-Louise grew up mostly at Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, on the Tuscan coast, which her father bought in 1979.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
Iconic House, which has houses across France, focuses on families, making sure each site has a playroom with trunks filled with games and toys gifted to kids, plus nannies, teachers, and sports instructors available.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 12 June 2025
Shahani moved out, left the children with Edmonds and moved in with their nanny, according to court records.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Palmer first introduced Pavlovich to Gaiman as the couple’s live-in nanny.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 July 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
Iconic House, which has houses across France, focuses on families, making sure each site has a playroom with trunks filled with games and toys gifted to kids, plus nannies, teachers, and sports instructors available.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 12 June 2025
Shahani moved out, left the children with Edmonds and moved in with their nanny, according to court records.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Palmer first introduced Pavlovich to Gaiman as the couple’s live-in nanny.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nanny
nurse
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The compression socks have more than 14,000 five-star reviews, not only from frequent fliers and flight attendants but nurses as well.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Was that foreshadowing of a win for the 25-year-old New York nurse (and Bryan)?—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
13 July 2025
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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