Crossword clues for minder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minder \Mind"er\, n.
One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.
One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person. [Eng.]
--Dickens.
Wiktionary
n. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper
WordNet
n. a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working [syn: babyminder, baby minder]
Wikipedia
Minder was a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television (later, Central Independent Television in 1993 and 1994) and shown on ITV. The original show ran for ten series between 29 October 1979 and 10 March 1994, and starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, an honest and likable bodyguard (minder in London slang) and George Cole as Arthur Daley, a socially ambitious, but highly unscrupulous importer-exporter, wholesaler, used-car salesman and purveyor of anything else from which there was money to be made, whether inside the law or not.
The series was principally set in inner West London (Shepherd's Bush/Ladbroke Grove/Fulham/Acton), and was largely responsible for putting the word minder, meaning personal bodyguard, into the UK popular lexicon. The characters often drank at the local members-only Winchester Club, where owner and barman Dave ( Glynn Edwards) acted, often unwillingly, as a message machine for Arthur, and turned a blind eye to his shady deals. The series was notable for using a range of leading British actors, as well as many up-and-coming performers before they hit the big time; at its peak was one of ITV's biggest ratings winners.
In 2008, it was announced that Minder would go into production for broadcast in 2009 (on Channel 5) for a new version, though none of the original cast would appear in the new episodes. The new show focused on Arthur's nephew Archie (created solely for this new version), played by Shane Richie. The series began broadcast on 4 February 2009. In 2010, it was announced that no further episodes would be made following lukewarm reception to the first series.
A minder is a person assigned to guide or escort a visitor, or to provide protection to somebody, or to otherwise assist or take care of something, i.e. a person who "minds".
Government appointed persons to accompany foreign visitors are often termed minders, assigned to offer assistance such as acting as a guide or as a translator, or protection in dangerous areas, or to define areas of permitted travel. Often they are perceived as also attempting to censor or otherwise control the flow of information to the visitor.
Minders can also be personal bodyguards or protectors, either in an official capacity such as protecting celebrities or VIPs, or in an unofficial capacity as a protector of members of the criminal underworld, as described by the UK television series Minder.
A minder can also be a term for anyone who looks after the interests of someone or something, such as a talent manager, a caretaker, or a person that ensures that a certain official protocol or plan is adhered to by others, or someone that is designated to look after someone who needs assistance (c.f UK English: Child minder for nanny).
A minder is a person who is assigned to watch over another person
Minder may also refer to:
- Minder (TV series), a 1979-1994 British television series and a 2009 revival of the original
- Minder (computer game), a 2004 memory game for Microsoft Windows
- Minder the Golem, a female character in DC Comics' FORGOTTEN REALMS comic book series
Usage examples of "minder".
Silva, niemand minder dan onze eigenste generale overste, gelooft dat God hier en daar een schildpad op het hek heeft gezet.
Mempha Buzznoose himself arrived, flanked by four burly minders, hard-eyed men wearing pachuco hair nets and lots of gold jewelry.
That leaves Rayat, Lin and one spook minder back at base who authorized Rayat to deploy nukes, and anyone who fails to use their authority to bring the guilty to justice.
Toen hij de scherpe metaalachtige dampen en de olieachtige geuren van Gayjur kon opsnuiven op het moment dat ze de Radinabaai invoeren, had de kok hem broeder genoemd en voelde Supaari zich minder een jongeman die tot ballingschap was veroordeeld dan iemand die op het punt stond een schat te vinden, als hij maar slim genoeg was om die als zodanig te herkennen.
Chin Yop, the minder sent to accompany him through Moscow, snored loudly in the bunk a few feet away.
She felt like a littlie again, jerked along by a minder on an invisible string.
Voor Emilio was het waarschijnlijk een manier om de omgang minder intensief te maken zonder al te gereserveerd te zijn.
Jaren geleden was Anne tot de conclusie gekomen dat steeds minder mensen die laatste mogelijkheid zouden kiezen en dan nog voornamelijk omdat ze vergeten waren hun kalmerende pillen te slikken.
It climbed off the minder and perched itself on the tailboard of the quarrier, next to the operator.
Switching on the infra-red, they began slowly to climb in single file, the bulldozer going first, the minder cumbrously following, then the quarrier with the operator and the penner aboard, and the two tractors bringing up the rear.
Maar ze was er minder zeker van hoe ze Marc moest aanpakken, die door het ongeluk behoorlijk van zijn stuk leek te zijn.
Besides himself and Captain Vondar, there were five others: Captain Yant, Barriss Offee, the minder Klo Merit, Tolk le Trene, and I-Five.
In elk geval liep hij minder snel blauwe plekken op en nam de kans op spontane botbreuken af.
Selenite appointed to be a minder of mooncalves is from his earliest years induced to think and live mooncalf, to find his pleasure in mooncalf lore, his exercise in their tending and pursuit.
She and Peris had figured out how to trick the house minder back when they were twelve, when the three-month difference in their ages seemed like it would never matter.