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game⋅keep⋅er
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ˈgeɪmˌki
pər
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–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;
game
1
+
keeper
Related forms:
gamekeeping,
noun
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game·keep·er
(gām'kē'pər)
n. One who is employed to protect and maintain game birds and animals, especially on an estate or a game preserve.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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