minder

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The rapper and his minder were arrested at Los Angeles 'LAX airport in September 2008 after lashing out at a photographer as they were preparing to board a flight to Hawaii, smashing his camera and hurling abuse at him.

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  1. One who minds, attends to, or takes care of anything; a caretaker. [This] must be reassuring doctrine to the minders of mules. Westminster Rev., CXXV. 22. The history of invention shows how frequently important improvements in machinery are made by the workman or minder in charge of it Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 107. “Doffing,” which is the operation of removing the full bobbins, and supplying the spindles with another set, is performed by the attendant called a minder—always a female. Spons' Encyc. Manuf., I. 761.
  2. One who is minded or taken care of; specifically, a pauper child intrusted by the poorlaw authorities to the care of a private person. [Rare.] “Those [children] are not his brother and sister!” said Mrs. Boffin. “Oh dear no, Ma'am. Those are the Minders, … left to be minded.” Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, i. 16.

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  • Even harnessing the processing power of the starship's AI, the minder was a glorified babysitter. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • Like the AI minder, they were mentors, imaginary friends. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • The AI realized that if the minder was torn from Rathere it would damage her brutally, and gave it an order to discorporate; the tiny nanomachines that gave it strength and mobility furiously unlinked to degrade its structure. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • "Phelps looked unimpressed to see a photographer and was swiftly escorted into the building by his shaven headed minder, avoiding questions about possible Olympic bans." —  L.A. Rag Mag
  • Helping out their net minder will be a pair of drafted defenders in Maxime Tanguay and Olivier Hinse will be searching to make an impression in his rookie season in the league. —  Hockey's Future
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