MINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minder mean? 

• MINDER (noun)
  The noun MINDER has 2 senses:

1. someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors

2. a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working

  Familiarity information: MINDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us

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

escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baby minder; babyminder; minder

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

keeper (someone in charge of other people)