Definition of keeper

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Keeper (n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver..

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Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Shopkeeper :: Shopkeeper (n.) A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale..
Concierge :: Concierge (n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female..
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.
Janitor :: "Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc..
Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..
Poinder :: Poinder (n.) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Hussy :: Hussy (n.) A housewife or housekeeper.
Waldgrave :: Waldgrave (n.) In the old German empire, the head forest keeper..
Pinder :: Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Tavernman :: Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece..
Underkeeper :: Underkeeper (n.) A subordinate keeper or guardian.
Cimeliarch :: Cimeliarch (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Storekeeper :: Storekeeper (n.) A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper..
Hostler :: Hostler (n.) An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
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