game·keep·er

[geym-kee-per]
noun
a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.

Origin:
1660–70; game1 + keeper

game·keep·ing, noun
un·der·game·keep·er, noun
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gamekeeper (ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person employed to take care of game and wildlife, as on an estate
 
'gamekeeping
 
n

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Gamekeeper is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
The chicks were reared by prison labor under the supervision of a full time gamekeeper.
Well the poacher has now turned into the gamekeeper, and must now correct her previous mistakes.
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