In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MINDER
babyminder, baby minder, minder
(noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person’s own home) while the babys’ parents are working
minder
(noun) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors; “I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
minder (plural minders)
One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper
(British) A personal bodyguard.
A guide assigned by the authorities to foreign visitors so as to exercise control over their contacts with the populace.
(obsolete) One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.
Synonyms
• protector
• guardian
Anagrams
• remind
Proper noun
Minder (plural Minders)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Minder is the 19053rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1429 individuals. Minder is most common among White (87.89%) individuals.
Anagrams
• remind
Source: Wiktionary
Mind"er, n.
1. One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.
2. One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person. [Eng.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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