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gamekeeper

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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; game 1 + keeper


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
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