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  • noun Plural form of minder.

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Examples

  • She called minders to take her back to the private clinic in London's Harley Street where she had her implant operation seven months ago.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • She called minders to take her back to the private clinic in London's Harley Street where she had her implant operation seven months ago.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • She called minders to take her back to the private clinic in London's Harley Street where she had her implant operation seven months ago.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Polish police are quite used to normal bodyguards and 'minders' - many of the "byisnyesmeni" of the former USSR all have them.

    SofiaEcho RSS feed 2009

  • On the same day that the Iraqis announced that they can't fulfill a UN demand that scientists meet with weapons inspectors privately - oh, they tried to get them to do so, gosh darn it, but a half-dozen "refused" to be interviewed outside the presence of Iraqi government "minders" - Jean Chretien announced that there still isn't enough evidence to prove that the Iraqis aren't serious about disarming.

    Daimnation!: On the same day that 2003

  • And reporters in Baghdad told Rula, their so-called minders, government officials who go everywhere with journalists, did not show up for work this morning.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2003 2003

  • The Iraqi officials who usually shadow journalists, the so-called minders, didn't show up, nor did the information minister last seen predicting defeat for the U.S.

    CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2003 2003

  • But there have also been a number of cases where there clearly was intimidation, where the -- there was presence, so-called minders from the Iraqi government side, and everything that is said is being taped, and that where the interviewed persons were intimidated.

    CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2002 2002

  • "He complied, he never criticized Putin or Medvedev, he said he wasn't an opposition force, but apparently as the game went on, he acted more independently and he defied some of their recommendations and gradually antagonized those who thought they were his minders, that is how the scandal ensued."

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • I'm sure he's not the only one; it's just that his minders were a tad careless today.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

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