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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RUNNER

(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”


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