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One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.

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  1. n. One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.
  2. n. One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person.
  3. n. someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
  4. n. a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babies' parents are working
  5. 1. One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom. 2. One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person. [Eng.] Dickens.
  6. n:100 n. someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors