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nannie

nannie is the alternative form of nanny.

Meaning of nanny

Noun

nanny (plural nannies)

  1. A child's nurse.
    • The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.
    Synonyms:
    housemother
  2. (colloquial) A grandmother.
  3. (US, colloquial) A godmother.
  4. A female goat.
    • Breeding is a consuming goal, and the ascendance of the sex drive is nearly as apparent in the behavior of a mountain goat billy. So given over is he to following and defending a succession of nannies as he searches for one in heat (estrus), he loses interest in food altogether; […]1983, Douglas H. Chadwick, A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed, Bison Books, published 2002, →ISBN, page 159
    Synonyms:
    nanny goat
  5. Synonym of sylvester (“device for pulling out pit props”).
    Synonyms:
    sylvester

See all 8 meanings of nanny

Proper noun capitalized: Nannie

Nannie

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Ann and Annie.

Forms of nannie

pluralnannies

Origin of nannie

From nan (“grannie; nursemaid”) + -ie.

Questions about nannie

What does nannie mean?
Nannie means a diminutive of the female given names Ann and Annie.
What is nannie the alternative form of?
Nannie is the alternative form of nanny.
What part of speech is nannie?
Nannie is a proper noun.

Words near nannie in the dictionary

  1. nanners
  2. Nannette
  3. Nanney
  4. Nanneys
  5. Nanni
  6. nannie
  7. nannied
  8. nannies
  9. Nannine
  10. Nanning
  11. Nannini

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