Noun: minder mIn-du(r)
- [informal] Someone who accompanies and protects a prominent or important person
"The politician's minder kept the press at bay";
- bodyguard, escort
- A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babies' parents are working
"They hired a baby minder to care for their infant three days a week";
- babyminder, baby minder [Brit]
- 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"
Derived forms: minders
Type of: defender, escort, guardian, keeper, protector, shielder
Part of: guard
Encyclopedia: Minder, Thomas