[kee-per] 
| 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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