0 someone who protects another person, often a famous person, from danger and unwanted public attention:
The president arrived surrounded by his minders.
His public-relations minder refused to allow him to answer any of the journalists' questions.
Sadly, with heaviness of heart and great misgivings, they entrust their children to child minders who do not have the necessary training or facilities.
Under their current plans, it will take 36 years to find 90,000 additional child minders.
What an easy way to get rid of unauthorised child minders.
I hope and expect the child care tax credit to encourage a significant proportion of unregistered child minders to register.
Would pony clubs count as registered child minders, given that they would, in effect, be looking after the children during the day?
There are an estimated 100,000 illegal child minders.
About 800 of the children are looked after by registered daily minders.
Many of them may well look after their children as capably and with as much love and affection as minders who are registered.
