mindern.
/ˈmʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪndər/ 1. A person who remembers; a person with a good memory. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > one who or that which remembers
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remembererc1449
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 332 Meende haver, or mendowre, memor.
2. That which thinks; a thinker. Obsolete. [In quot. 1587 translating Middle French l'intellect (1581); the corresponding term in Plotinus (3rd cent. a.d.) is Hellenistic Greek τὸ νοοῦν that which thinks, use as noun of neuter present participle of ancient Greek νοεῖν to perceive, think.]
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > one who thinks
thinker1435
minder1584
thought-catcher1584
raisonneur1814
cogitator1834
thought-maker1841
noodler1955
maître à penser1959
1584 D. Fenner Artes of Logike & Rethorike To Rdr. sig. A3v Why may we not make hurtful contraries, whereof one is hurtfull to the subiect, or profitable contraries..as peace and warre to a common wealth, Vice and vertue to the minder?
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 86 His [sc. Plotinus'] conclusion is, that the Mynder, the Mynding, and the Mynded, are in the Godhead all one thing.
II. In senses relating to supervision or care. Cf. mind v. 4, 6.† 3. A person whose mind is set upon, or who cares particularly for (something). Also figurative. Obsolete.The sense of quot. c1450 is uncertain.
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the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] > one who feels affection (for)
minderc1450
affecter1568
affectator1610
carer1691
fondler1720
c1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 213 (MED) Farewell lanterne lussom of light, ffarewell mynder most of my mynde.
1650 O. Sedgwick Χριστος και Κερδος 25 The Apostle speaks of Some who are Lovers of themselves..and who are Minders of themselves; they mind Earthly things.
1710 E. Ward Tipling Philosophers 30 Ædesius, that minder of Dreams, By which he would often Divine, Altho' he would pray by extreams, Yet still he would take off his Wine.
4.
a. Chiefly with defining word. A person who has charge of or looks after a specified thing or operation, esp. in the course of employment. Without defining word esp.: = baby-minder n. at baby n. and adj. Compounds 1g, childminder n., or machine-minder n. at machine n. Compounds 1b.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine
minder1692
tender1825
machiner1828
steersman1828
machine-man1834
machine-minder1835
operator1847
runner1848
machine-boy1875
machinist1879
machine operator1887
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after
nurse?a1425
minder1692
tenter1828
mother hen1873
nursemaid1943
citizen advocate1971
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > child-minder or baby-sitter
minder1692
baby-minder1856
babysitter1937
childminder1941
sitter1943
sitter-in1946
1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. cxxvi. 387 Is it seemly, that dry unsavoury Meat, fit only for Broom-men and Chair-minders, should be brought to the Tables of great Personages and tow'ring Wits?
1819 C. Dibdin Young Arthur iii. 72 He gets the curb bit in his teeth, And—of his master little minder—Now on his fore-feet, then his hinder, He'll play.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 214 His machine should reduce the minder and the screwer to one person.
1867 Evening Standard 14 Feb. Henry Clearby, a minder of carts.
1874 Sunday Mag. 610 ‘Minders,’ I echoed. ‘Yes, women who make a trade of baby minding, taking them by the day at so much a head.’
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 215 When the lap is large enough, it is taken off by the card-minder.
1885 Spectator 30 May 698/2 The engine minder who goes to the parish doctor because a spark has flown in his eye.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 4 Apr. 6/2 One of the King's cattle-minders.
1938 Amer. Speech 13 271 The man who runs the presses is a pressman in America, but a machinist or a machine minder or simply a minder in England.
1957 Times 25 Nov. 11/4 Of course we will not worry about the children, we assure the kind minder as we blow farewell kisses.
1970 Financial Times 13 Apr. 4/5 Among minders, the proportion on litho presses is forecast to go up from 20 per cent. in 1967 to 28 per cent. in 1972.
1990 R. Olver Making Champions ii. vii. 142 The nineteen-year-old zips around a surprised Adam Burt, then shoots the puck behind the U.S. net-minder, Mark Richards.
1997 Esquire Aug. 117/1 At every law firm, there are finders, who bring in the business; minders, who manage cases, and grinders, who do the grunt work.
b. (a) slang. A person employed to protect a criminal; a thief's assistant; (b) (in extended use) a person employed to accompany or assist another person, either to provide protection or advice, or to monitor that person's movements; spec. a bodyguard.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > protector or defender
shield971
warranta1225
warden?c1225
forhillera1300
inshieldera1300
shieldera1300
weryera1325
hilera1340
witier1340
protectorc1390
guard1412
safeguardera1535
fencec1540
safekeeper1561
parens patriae1764
guardsmana1854
fortifier1878
minder1896
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists > specific kind of
henchwoman1836
minder1896
henchman1905
1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago xi. 114 A patron..who had employed him..as ‘minder’—which means a protector or a bully, as you please to regard it—on a racecourse adventure involving bodily risk.
1924 E. Wallace Room 13 xii. 61 Glancing down into the street, he distinguished one of the ‘minders’ his father had put there for his protection.
1928 E. Wallace Flying Squad xvi. 144 Whizzers..had ‘minders’, whose business it was to kick and disable the poor souls who found themselves robbed and attempted to recover their own.
1960 Observer 25 Dec. 7/6 A climbing team..was most often three-handed. Driver, minder, and climber... The minder stays at the foot of the pipe or ladder. His job is to safeguard the climber's rear and collect any gear he may sling down.
1968 C. Drummond Death & Leaping Ladies vi. 160 At school he was a juvenile fence and money-lender, with a couple of tough, simple-minded older boys as his ‘minders’.
1973 ‘E. McGirr’ Bardel's Murder ii. 35 Comes of a whole family of wrong 'uns... A high class ‘minder’ around the big gambling set.
1980 Telegraph (Brisbane) 4 Jan. 6/3 The frustrated spy catcher—or as they call it in the trade, rat catcher—was freed, along with various ‘minders’, a Morgan sports car and a thoroughly confused spy-watching world.
1985 L. Griffiths Arthur Daley's Guide to doing it Right 19 And if there's a threat of physical violence you have to call on your minder.
1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 150/2 Caine sat at a table with a trio of minders behind him and a semicircle of press photographers in front.
1999 Melody Maker 27 Oct. 22/1 The pristine gorgeous boy bands who've got 10 minders and don't know how to spell their own names.
c. Politics. A political adviser; spec. an experienced politician assigned to help a candidate during an election campaign.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > experienced politician helping campaign
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1982 Economist 20 Mar. 17/3 Mrs Helen Liddell, the shrewd secretary of the Labour party in Scotland, has been assigned as his ‘minder’.
1984 Austral. Financial Rev. 9 Nov. 3/5 Mr. Hawke's minders have decided he should stay in the Boulevard Hotel when in Sydney rather than return to the cosseted environs of Kirribilli House.
1991 Guardian 1 Nov. 4/5 The candidate's minder, Borders MP Archie Kirkwood, hinted yesterday that this coyness had been Mr Stephen's idea.
2000 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 21 Aug. Ministers were getting worried about making decisions..because the Prime Minister or her chief adviser..were likely to overrule them and put a minder in their office.
d. Journalism. One who safeguards information, either (as a journalist) to prevent a rival newspaper from gaining access to a story, or (as a public relations official or censor) to protect an organization, etc., from detrimental reports.
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer who safeguards information
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > business of advertising > [noun] > public relations > public relations officer
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1982 N.Y. Times 8 May i. 5/4 Censorship works as follows: all articles are submitted to one of the three public relations officers—‘minders’ or ‘thought people’ to the reporters—who strike out anything that offends.
1987 Times 22 July 28/3 On the face of it, there is nothing special about a minder's job. ‘It is simply a matter of a reporter looking after his sources.’
1994 Denver Post 30 Jan. f9/1 His broadcasts..almost instantly transmitted via satellite..,although an Iraqui censor (called a minder) checked his words beforehand.
1999 XCity (Dept. of Journalism, City Univ., London) Mar. 11/1 Minders from the Iraqi ministry of information accompanied all filming trips.
5. Originally U.S. regional. A person, animal, or thing that drives away or scares off pests or nuisances. Cf. mind v. 9.Frequently as the second element in compounds. Recorded earliest in bird-minder n. at bird n. Compounds 2a. See also crow-minder n. at crow n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > one who
flemerc1386
banisher?a1505
depulsor1542
minder1828
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > that which
fugator1657
minder1828
1828 Southern Agriculturist Nov. 496 The bird-minder is desired, in the spring season, to shoot principally the hen bird.
1833 Crow-minder of South in Southern Rose Bud 28 Sept. 20/1 Faithful to his charge, the ‘minder’ shouts, With arms uprais'd, and frighted they [sc. birds] retire.
1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows iv. 86 One note bearer wanted a fly minder. Before the days of screen doors and windows, a patent fly shaker gave a family just a little more dignity than did..a homemade minder bespangled with long newspaper fringes.
1980 I. Bodie Hunt for Life's Extras (2000) ix. 62 The minders employed all kinds of devices to keep these birds off the rice.
2012 Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 30 Apr. Because vermin chasing was an exhausting chore, the owner of the place had given standing orders to his barman to issue beer free of charge to the pest minders.
6. A child who is looked after at a crèche, by childminders, etc., or (formerly) at a minding-school. Now rare.
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society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupils of other types of school
softa1603
gymnasiast1828
Philanthropinist1842
public school boy1844
minder1864
lycéen1883
polytechnician1904
comprehensive1947
outward-bounder1961
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 150 ‘Those are not his brother and sister?’..‘Oh, dear no, ma'am. Those are Minders.’ ‘Minders?’ the Secretary repeated, ‘Left to be Minded, sir.’
1903 Treasury Sept. 1046 There had been a dame school, kept by an old woman... She was quite illiterate, and her pupils were simply minders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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