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minder.

One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.

  2. A personal bodyguard.

    UK
  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. One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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