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nannies

nannies is the plural of nanny.

nannies is the plural of nannie.

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

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Phrases with nannies

Questions about nannies

What is nannies the plural of?
Nannies is the plural of nanny.

Words near nannies in the dictionary

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

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