Keeper

Quick meaning: Keeper is a noun meaning One who keeps (retains) something.

Meaning

One who keeps (retains) something.

More Meanings

1. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
2. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
3. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
4. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
5. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
6. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
7. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.

Example Sentences

Finders keepers; losers weepers.

discreet; chaste; keepers at home

Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.

When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.

Word Forms

• keepers

Synonyms for keeper

Depending on context, synonyms include armature, custodian, steward.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include custodian, steward, holder, handler, keeps, guardian.

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