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keeper
[ kee-per ]
noun
- a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
Synonyms: ,
- a person who assumes responsibility for another's behavior:
He refused to be his brother's keeper.
Synonyms: ,
- a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination):
a hotelkeeper.
- a person who is responsible for the maintenance of something (often used in combination):
a zookeeper; a groundskeeper.
- 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.
- Football. a play in which the quarterback retains the ball and runs with it, usually after faking a hand-off or pass.
- something that serves to hold in place, retain, etc., as on a door lock.
- something that lasts well, as a fruit.
- an iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet for preserving the strength of the magnet during storage.
keeper
/ ˈ쾱ːə /
noun
- a person in charge of animals, esp in a zoo
- a person in charge of a museum, collection, or section of a museum
- a person in charge of other people, such as a warder in a jail
- a person who keeps something
- a device, such as a clip, for keeping something in place
- a soft iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent magnet to close the magnetic circuit when it is not in use
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, noun
- ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ· adjective
- İ· noun
- ܲd·İ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Shop owners say insurance companies either won't insure their properties or that the premiums are now so high many shop keepers say they simply can't afford it.
Gibbs-White smacked the bar from the edge of the area with an audacious volley, before hitting the post from a tight angle after rounding City keeper Stefan Ortega following Gvardiol's mistake.
When he finally ended the defiance of Leicester City keeper Mads Hermansen, it was the 23rd goal of his professional career and the first scored with his left foot.
The two-toed sloth went under the knife after keepers noticed swellings on the sides of its face, with investigations showing two root abscesses.
The Italian champions have the best defensive record in the competition, nobody has kept more clean sheets than keeper Yann Sommer.
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