minder

/ˈmaɪndər/
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Other forms: minders

Definitions of minder
  1. noun
    a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
    synonyms: baby minder, babyminder
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    type of:
    keeper
    someone in charge of other people
  2. 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”
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    type of:
    escort
    an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
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