grounds·keep·er

[groundz-kee-per]
noun
1.
a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
2.
a person in charge of maintaining a football field, baseball diamond, etc.


Origin:
grounds + keeper

grounds·keep·ing, noun
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groundskeeper

noun
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) [syn: groundsman
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Visually observes grounds areas that need mowing to ensure groundskeeper covers
  all areas within approximately a week.
After umpires consulted with a groundskeeper, the tarp is on the field and the
  game has been delayed by rain.
Our fish farm supplies a new, reliable revenue source that will ultimately pay
  for the full-time groundskeeper we've hired.
They may be removed by the groundskeeper when their condition is detrimental to
  the area.
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