1. (

• minder ,

) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors; "I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us" ;

2. (

• babyminder ,
• baby_minder ,
• minder

) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working ;