minder
minder noun: one who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
Noun
minder (plural minders)
- One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
- With the bulky, heavy helmet for the film strapped on, I was inside a fully immersive virtual world. With de la Peña playing minder and holding a tether which prevented me from bumping into walls, I somehow ended up inside the news story.2013 September 25, Neal Ungerleider, “Put On A Helmet, And You’re In The Story: Why Virtual Reality Journalism Is The Future”, in Fast Company, archived from the original on 26 May 2020
- A personal bodyguard.
- 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).
- The twenty-eight journalists who sailed with the task force were accompanied by seven censors or 'minders' from the MoD, as well as by military press officers attached to each unit.1982, Paul Eddy, Magnus Linklater, Peter Gillman, The Falklands War, page 212
- Once again the employers, now closely gripped by Central Government minders, offered 4 % now and 7 % in one year's time, and all tied to modernisation. This was not what the FBU had bargained for. So the strike started.2005, Roger V. Seifert, Tom Sibley, United They Stood: The Story of the UK Firefighters' Dispute 2002-4, Lawrence & Wishart Limited
- One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.
Proper noun capitalized: Minder
Minder (plural Minders)
- A surname.
minder meaning in Tamil and Kannada
minder in Tamil
- கவலாளி
minder in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಕ, ಉಸ್ತುವಾರ
Examples of minder in a sentence
- Tans wondered why a U.S. government “minder”, reminiscent of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, was required.2008, Poor George's Almanac: A 2008 Calendar, →ISBN, page 101:
- Rear Admiral John Woodward, the operational commander, summarized the instructions to the six MoD minders as “co-operation, yes; information, no.”2009, Thomas Rid, Marc Hecker, War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age, page 83:
- Throughout Greene's writing he repeatedly refers to dodging government control in Liberia, first by entering the country incognito and then by completing his journey without government minders.2010 Oct, Tim Butcher, “Our Man in Liberia”, in History Today, volume 60, number 10, pages 10–17:
- Unsurprisingly, perhaps, embedded reporters tended to adopt the perspective of their hosts and minders, as US journalist Gordon Dillow later admitted […]2015, Tony Harcup, Journalism: Principles and Practice, SAGE, →ISBN, page 79:
Synonyms of minder
Forms of minder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | minders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Minders |
Origin of minder
From Middle English mynder, mendowre (“one who has a good memory; bears in mind; watches over; a keeper”); equivalent to mind + -er.
Words formed from minder
Words that rhyme with minder
Questions about minder
- What does minder mean?
- Minder means one who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
- What is minder in Tamil?
- Minder in Tamil is கவலாளி. See Minder meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use minder in a sentence?
- Tans wondered why a U.S. government “minder”, reminiscent of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, was required.
- What part of speech is minder?
- Minder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of minder?
- The plural of minder is minders.
Words near minder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: minder (page history and authors); Minder (page history and authors); Minder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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