keeper (noun)

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• keeper — ► NOUN 1) a person who manages or looks after something or someone. 2) a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper. 3) an object which protects or secures another. 4) a bar of soft iron placed across the poles of a horseshoe magnet to maintain its strength …   English terms dictionary

• keeper — keep‧er [ˈkiːpə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. someone whose job is to look after a particular place or area of work: • Warehouse keepers must keep daily records related to grain in storage. 2. informal MARKETING a product that a company decides to… …   Financial and business terms

• keeper — noun Date: 14th century 1. one that keeps: as a. protector b. gamekeeper c. warden d. custodian e. chiefly British curator 2. any of various devices for keeping something in position 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• keeper — c.1300 (late 13c. as a surname), one who has charge of some person or thing, warden, agent noun from KEEP (Cf. keep) (v.). Sense of one who carries on some business is from mid 15c. Sporting sense (originally cricket) is from 1744. Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

• keeper — noun (C) 1 someone whose job is to look after a particular place: a lighthouse keeper | shopkeeper/storekeeper (=who owns and works in a shop) 2 someone who cares for or protects animals: zookeeper/gamekeeper: The zoo keeper ordered the public… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• keeper — noun /ˈkiːpə,ˈkiːpɚ/ a) A person who keeps something. Finders keepers; losers weepers. b) Someone or something worth keeping. You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper …   Wiktionary

• keeper — noun Keeper is used after these nouns: ↑bee, ↑brothel, ↑stall, ↑zoo …   Collocations dictionary

• keeper — noun Gregor is the keeper of the tennis courts and adjacent grounds Syn: guardian, custodian, curator, administrator, overseer, steward, caretaker …   Thesaurus of popular words

• keeper — noun 1》 a person who manages or looks after something or someone. 2》 short for goalkeeper or wicketkeeper. 3》 an object which protects or secures another. 4》 a bar of soft iron placed across the poles of a horseshoe magnet to maintain its… …   English new terms dictionary

• keeper — noun Syn: curator, custodian, guardian, administrator, overseer, steward, caretaker, attendant …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• keeper */ — UK [ˈkiːpə(r)] / US [ˈkɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms keeper : singular keeper plural keepers 1) someone who is responsible for looking after something a park keeper a lighthouse keeper a) someone who looks after a group of animals in a zoo… …   English dictionary