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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | keeper |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See trapper |
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keep·er 
[kee-per] Pronunciation Key
[kee-per] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate. |
| 2. | a person who assumes responsibility for another's behavior: He refused to be his brother's keeper. |
| 3. | a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination): a hotelkeeper. |
| 4. | a person who is responsible for the maintenance of something (often used in combination): a zookeeper; a groundskeeper. |
| 5. | a person charged with responsibility for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden. |
| 6. | a person who conforms to or abides by a requirement: a keeper of his word. |
| 7. | a fish that is of sufficient size to be caught and retained without violating the law. |
| 8. | Football. a play in which the quarterback retains the ball and runs with it, usually after faking a hand-off or pass. |
| 9. | something that serves to hold in place, retain, etc., as on a door lock. |
| 10. | something that lasts well, as a fruit. |
| 11. | guard ring. |
| 12. | an iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet for preserving the strength of the magnet during storage. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| keep·er
(kē'pər) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| keeper | |
noun | |
| 1. | someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 2. | one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals [syn: custodian] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: keep·er
Function: noun
: one that takes care of and often is legally responsible for something keeper> keeper of the property>
Main Entry: keep·er
Function: noun
: one that takes care of and often is legally responsible for something keeper> keeper of the property>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Keeper
Keep"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver. The Lord is thy keeper. --Ps. cxxi. 6. 4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. --Titus ii. 5. 5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap. 6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. -- Downing. Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest. Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. [Eng.] Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.] Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.
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