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A person employed or trained to care for children
“After the children were weaned, they were returned to their families and were entrusted to a nanny who looked after their every need.”
A grandmother, especially one who takes special care of her grandchildren
“For the next four nights, I beseeched my dear old nanny to take me to gamble at the Sampheng fair, and it was astonishing how my luck held all that time.”
A female goat
To care for or look after, especially a child or children
“After about another half an hour of questions, she had decided that I was fit to nanny her daughter.”
To coddle or be overprotective towards
“The EPZA is essentially a very friendly agency that is part regulator, part manager, and part promoter empowered by law to nanny and coddle investors.”
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