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- Dictionarykeeper/ˈkiːpə/
noun
- 1. a person who manages or looks after something or someone: "I'm your friend, not your keeper" Similar
- 2. short for goalkeeper or wicketkeeper
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KEEPER definition: 1. a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a building, etc.: 2…. Learn more.
: 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.
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 meaning: 1. a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a building, etc.: 2…. Learn more.
1. countable noun B2. In football, the keeper is the same as the goalkeeper. [British, informal] 2. countable noun. In American football, a keeper is a play in which the quarterback keeps the ball. [US] 3. countable noun. A keeper at a zoo is a person who takes care of the animals. 4. countable noun.
noun. /ˈkiːpə (r)/ /ˈkiːpər/ Idioms. (especially in compounds) a person whose job is to take care of a building, its contents or something valuable. the keeper of geology at the museum. see also shopkeeper. Want to 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. You can use keeper to mean "caretaker," someone whose job involves maintaining a house, farm, estate, or grounds.
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. 4. (General Sporting Terms) See goalkeeper, wicketkeeper, gamekeeper. 5. a person who keeps something. 6. a device, such as a clip, for keeping something in place.
KEEPER definition: 1. someone who looks after a place and the things, people, or animals there: 2. short for…. Learn more.
someone who feels it is their responsibility to support an idea, philosophy, etc., even if it is not popular She was the keeper of the flame for her dead husband’s vision of a utopian society. See keeper in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: keeper.
