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MINDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

baby minder; babyminder; minder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

keeper (someone in charge of other people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)

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