English > nanny: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A woman who is the custodian of children. |
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| Synonyms | nursemaid, nurse |
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| Narrower | dry nurse | A nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant |
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| mammy | An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. |
| wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah | A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else |
| Broader | keeper | someone in charge of other people |
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| woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| Spanish | ama, aya, chichi, nana, niñera, nodriza, norsa, nurse, pilmama, tata |
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| Catalan | mainadera |
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