keeper - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'keeper' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Keeper

[ n.]

- One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
- One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
- 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.
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
- A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.

Meaning of 'keeper' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . keeper

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- someone in charge of other people

Example in sentence:

am I my brother's keeper?

Nearby Words:

kee keech keel keelage keeled keeler keelfat keelhaul keelhauled keelhauling

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Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper is a clerical worker who maintains the financial records that an account shapes into usable information.
Gatekeepers
Gatekeepers are the people in an organization’s buying center who control the flow of information to others.

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