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- DictionaryKeep·er/ˈkēpər/
noun
- 1. a person who manages or looks after something or someone: "I'm your friend, not your keeper"
- 2. short for goalkeeper or wicketkeeper
a. : one suitable for or worth keeping: such as. (1) : a fruit or vegetable that keeps well. (2) : a fish large enough to be legally caught and kept. (3) : one having genuine or lasting merit. their new album is a keeper.
a person charged with responsibility for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden. a person who conforms to or abides by a requirement: a keeper of his word. a fish that is of sufficient size to be caught and retained without violating the law.
KEEPER definition: 1. a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a building, etc.: 2…. Learn more.
KEEPER meaning: 1. a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a building, etc.: 2…. Learn more.
A keeper is someone who is responsible for something, especially a property or a lot of animals. A keeper might take care of a big summer house during the winter months.
n. 1. a person who guards or watches, as a prison warden. 2. a guardian. 3. a person who owns or operates a business: a hotelkeeper. 4. a person responsible for the maintenance of something: a zookeeper. 5. a person responsible for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden.
Definition of keeper noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
KEEPER definition: 1. someone who looks after a place and the things, people, or animals there: 2. short for…. Learn more.
keeper in British English. (ˈkiːpə ) noun. 1. a person in charge of animals, esp in a zoo. 2. a person in charge of a museum, collection, or section of a museum. 3. a person in charge of other people, such as a warder in a jail.
A person or thing that keeps. Something worth keeping, as a fish large enough for a fisherman to keep legally. A play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and runs with it. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.