Keeper

/ˈkiːpə/ · noun

Meaning

One who keeps (retains) something..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who keeps (retains) something.
2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
4. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
6. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
8. 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

I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives[…]

Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.

And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.

"Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.

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

We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.

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