Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who minds, attends to, or takes care of anything; a caretaker.
- noun One who is minded or taken care of; specifically, a pauper child intrusted by the poorlaw authorities to the care of a private person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle.
- noun engraving One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
minds ,tends , orwatches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; akeeper - noun UK A
personal bodyguard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
- noun a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
Etymologies
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Examples
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Corey, teaming up with Kate Mayfield, his minder from the Bureau, sets out to track the Lion, figure out what hes up to this time, and, with all the reckless panache of a homicide cop turned loose to play James Bond, save the free world from unspeakable perils.
The Lion's Game: Summary and book reviews of The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille. 2000
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It would have been friendly (though probably a little longer) even without the "minder" - it just doesn't make sense to play "gotchya" if you want to learn anything from, or communicate anything to, influence brokers.
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The consultant always gets an in-house minder aka the organization's Project Manager to negotiate admin and, more importantly, internal political issues.
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The consultant always gets an in-house minder aka the organization's Project Manager to negotiate admin and, more importantly, internal political issues.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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COOPER: Our minder was a friendly young man who explained he was there to help us.
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COOPER (voice over): Our minder was a friendly young man who explained he was there to help us.
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COOPER (voice-over): Our minder was a friendly young man who explained he was there to help us.
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Catherine picked up the phone in the conference room and called her minder, a British press officer called Paul Bennett.
A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999
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BT has put up the price of making a daytime call; the so-called "connection fee" that is involved in putting a call through from a BT line; the call minder answerphone service and the monthly line rental charge.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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BT has put up the price of making a daytime call; the so-called "connection fee" that is involved in putting a call through from a BT line; the call minder answerphone service and the monthly line rental charge.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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