minder

Meaning

1. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
2. A personal bodyguard.
3. A monitor assigned by the authorities to someone, such as a foreign visitor (to exercise control over their contacts with the populace) or a journalist or someone who is speaking to journalists (to monitor and control what they say).
4. (obsolete) One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.

Synonyms

nurse

keeper

babyminder

escort

baby minder

bodyguard

caretaker

chaperone

maid

administrator

paramedic

security guard

servicer

tender

yeoman

caregiver

nurserymaid

nanny

attendant

attender

babysitter

babysitting

Etymology

From Middle English mynder, mendowre (“one who has a good memory; bears in mind; watches over; a keeper”); equivalent to mind + -er.