■ noun ( plural nannies )
1》 a person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.
↘a person or institution regarded as interfering and overprotective.
2》 Brit. informal one's grandmother.
3》 (also ~ goat ) a female goat.
■ verb ( nannies , ~ing , nannied ) [usu. as noun ~ing ] be overprotective towards.
Origin
C18: familiar form of the given name Ann .