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nanny
1. n. A child's nurse.
2. n. (colloquial) A grandmother.
3. n. A female goat.
4. v. (intransitive, transitive) To serve as a nanny.
5. v. (transitive, pejorative) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

Example Sentences

Nanny, don't be so morbid.  They are more self-reliant and enterprising than ever before, they dislike the nanny state and regulation.

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