A person who pays careful attention to something or someone.
From Old English 'hedan' meaning to guard or protect, combined with the agent suffix '-er' to make 'one who heeds.'
Most people think of 'heeding' as just listening, but historically it meant to guard or protect—so a heeder is someone who guards against danger by paying close attention.
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