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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English -
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Share This keep·er Audio Help / ˈki / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ kee -per] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –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 .
9. something that serves to hold in place, retain, etc., as on a door lock.
10. something that lasts well, as a fruit.
12. an iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet for preserving the strength of the magnet during storage.
[Origin:
1250–1300; ME
keper. See keep , -er 1 ]
—Related forms keep·er·less, adjective
keep·er·ship, noun
—Synonyms 1 .2 .
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One that keeps, especially:An attendant, a guard, or a warden.
One that has the charge or care of something: a lion keeper; the keeper of the budget.
Sports A goalkeeper.
Football A play made by the quarterback who keeps the ball after it is snapped and then runs with it.Informal One that is worth keeping, especially a fish large enough to be legally caught.
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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 ]
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Share This ˈkeeper 1 noun
a person who looks after something, eg animals in a zoo
Example:
The lion has killed its keeper.
Arabic: حارِس، مُحافِظ Chinese (Simplified): （动物园的）饲养员 Chinese (Traditional): （動物園的）飼養員 Czech: dozorce, ošetřovatel Danish: dyrepasser; -passer Dutch: bewaarder Estonian: valvur Finnish: hoitaja French: gardien, *-ienne German: der Wärter Greek: φύλακας Hungarian: őr(ző) Icelandic: vörður, gæslumaður Indonesian: pemelihara Italian: custode, guardiano
Japanese: 飼育係 Korean: 보호자, 사육사 Latvian: uzraugs; sargs; glabātājs Lithuanian: prižiūrėtojas Norwegian: dyrepasser; fangevokter Polish: dozorca Portuguese (Brazil): guarda, encarregado Portuguese (Portugal): guarda Romanian: paznic Russian: смотритель Slovak: dozorca, -kyňa Slovenian: čuvaj Spanish: guarda, guardián Swedish: skötare, vårdare, vakt Turkish: bakıcı
ˈkeeper 2 noun
a goalkeeper
Arabic: حارِس المَرْمى Chinese (Simplified): 守门员 Chinese (Traditional): 守門員 Czech: brankář Danish: målmand Estonian: väravavaht Greek: τερματοφύλακας Hungarian: kapus Indonesian: penjaga gawang Italian: portiere
Latvian: vārtsargs Lithuanian: vartininkas Norwegian: målvakt Polish: bramkarz Russian: вратарь Slovak: brankár Slovenian: vratar Spanish: portero Swedish: målvakt Turkish: kaleci
See also: keeping ,
keepsake ,
keep-fit ,
for keeps ,
in keeping with ,
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keep away ,
keep back ,
keep down ,
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keep house (for) ,
keep in ,
keep in mind ,
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keep one's distance ,
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keep out ,
keep out of ,
keep time ,
keep to ,
keep up ,
keep up with the Joneses ,
keep watch ,
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Main Entry: keep·er noun : one that takes care of and often is legally responsible for something <a dog's keeper > <a keeper of the
property>
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
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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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