minder

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

• Rhymes: -aɪndə(r)

minder (plural minders)

1. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper
2. (Britain) A personal bodyguard.
3. A guide assigned by the authorities to foreign visitors so as to exercise control over their contacts with the populace.
   • 2010 Oct, Tim Butcher, “Our Man in Liberia”, in History Today, volume 60, number 10, page 10-17:

     Throughout Greene's writing he repeatedly refers to dodging government control in Liberia, first by entering the country incognito and then by completing his journey without government minders.

   • 2016, Anna Fifield, I went to North Korea and was told I ask too many questions, The Washington Post (May 11, 2016):

     Was she really ill? Was she really a patient? We will never know. Suddenly, it was time to go and our minders were herding us back onto the bus.

4. (obsolete) One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.

• protector
• guardian

• remind

minder

1. A cushion.

minder

1. plural indefinite of minde

minder

1. present of minde

From Middle Dutch minre, from Old Dutch minniro, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of adjective deriving from Proto-Indo-European *minu- (“small”).

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• Rhymes: -ɪndər

minder

1. comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer

minder

1. comparative degree of weinig; less

• minderheid
• minderwaardig

minder (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. worse, not as good

   De aardappelen waren heerlijk, maar de biefstuk was minder.

   The potatoes were delicious, but the steak was not as good.

2. less fortunate

   We hebben de wedstrijd gewonnen, maar ik heb wel mijn enkel verzwikt, dus dat is minder.

   We won the competition, but I did sprain my ankle, so that's less fortunate.

From Middle High German minder, minner, minre, from Old High German minniro. Originally the comparative form of min, of which the superlative is mindesten.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪndɐ]

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minder (superlative mindesten)

1. (now formal) comparative degree of wenig
2. (now formal) comparative degree of gering

• mehr oder minder
• minderwertig
• nichtsdestominder

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From Ottoman Turkish مندر‎ (minder).

minder m (Cyrillic spelling миндер)

1. mat
2. cushion
3. divan (furniture)

• IPA^(key): /minˈder/
• Hyphenation: min‧der

minder (definite accusative minderi, plural minderler)

1. cushion
2. (sports) mat