Nanny: alternatives and connections

A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

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A child's name for mamma, mother.

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A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

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A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, fles…

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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

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An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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A girl employed to attend children.

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