Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minder \Mind"er\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
minder
n : a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their
parents are working [syn: {babyminder}]
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