nanny (B1)
noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnæni/
Definition
A person, typically a woman, employed to look after children in the children's own home.
Examples
The family decided to hire a nanny to help with their three young children.
Our nanny has been with us for five years and is like part of the family.
She spent her summer working as a live-in nanny for a wealthy couple in the Hamptons.
How to Use nanny
- a nanny for (prepositional phrase)
- A nanny employed to care for specific children or a family. — "She works as a nanny for a family with twins."
- nanny state (collocation)
- A government seen as overprotective or interfering. — "Critics argue that too many regulations create a nanny state."
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