NANNY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Female goat

Synonyms:

nanny; nanny-goat; she-goat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nanny" is a kind of...):

caprine animal; goat (any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns)

Meronyms (parts of "nanny"):

bag; udder (mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats))

Meaning:

A woman who is the custodian of children

Synonyms:

nanny; nurse; nursemaid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nanny" is a kind of...):

keeper (someone in charge of other people)

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nanny"):

dry nurse (a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant)

mammy (an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.)

amah; wet-nurse; wet nurse; wetnurse (a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else)