Minder

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to


        the care of a private person. [Eng.] --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  minder
       n : a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their
           parents are working [syn: {babyminder}, {baby minder}]