1. A woman who is the custodian of children
   "The wealthy family employed a nanny to care for their infant";
   - nursemaid [archaic], nurse
    
2. Female goat
   "The nanny-goat watched over her kids as they played";
   - nanny-goat, she-goat
    
3. [Brit, informal] Informal term for grandmother
   "nanny always had freshly baked cookies when they visited";
   - grandma, grandmother, granny [Brit], grannie [Brit], gran [Brit, informal], nan [Brit, informal], nanna [Brit, informal], grandmama [archaic], grandmamma [archaic], nana [informal]

1. [informal] Treat with excessive indulgence
   "grandparents often nanny the children";
   - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge
    
2. Work or act as a nanny
   "She nannied for a wealthy family in London"

Derived forms: nannying, nannies, nannied

Type of: adult female, caprine animal, do by [Brit], goat, grandparent, handle, keeper, treat, woman

Encyclopedia: Nanny, The