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Definition of Gamekeeper
1. Noun. A person employed to take care of game and wildlife.
Generic synonyms: Custodian, Keeper, Steward
Specialized synonyms: Warrener
Definition of Gamekeeper
1. n. One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
Definition of Gamekeeper
1. Noun. A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gamekeeper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamekeeper
Literary usage of Gamekeeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"I deputation, and also may give to such person all such power and authorities as
may, by virtue of this act, be given to any gamekeeper of a manor; ..."
2. Martin's Practice of Conveyancing: With Forms of Assurances by Charles Davidson (1844)
"APPOINTMENT or DEPUTATION of a gamekeeper. ... (a) The appointment of gamekeeper
is now regulated by the statute 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 32, sects. ..."
3. Greenwood's Manual of the Practice of Conveyancing: Showing the Present by George Wright Greenwood, Harry Greenwood (1881)
"APPOINTMENT of gamekeeper. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I, AB, of &c., do
hereby appoint CD, of &o., to be my gamekeeper for my manor of X., ..."
4. Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals: As Illustrated by the Records of the by John Charles Cox (1890)
"... appointed gamekeeper for ye Marmor or Lordship of Calow by the said Edward
... gamekeeper for the Mannor or Lordship of Litton by John Statham Esq 2nd ..."
5. Reminiscences Chiefly of Towns, Villages and Schools: Chiefly of Towns by Thomas Mozley (1885)
"He was evidently a gamekeeper in office, and a poacher out of it. His ostensible
livelihood was breaking dogs, and jobbing in dogs and guns. ..."
6. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"I deputation, and also may give to such person all such power and authorities as
may, by virtue of this act, be given to any gamekeeper of a manor; ..."
7. Martin's Practice of Conveyancing: With Forms of Assurances by Charles Davidson (1844)
"APPOINTMENT or DEPUTATION of a gamekeeper. ... (a) The appointment of gamekeeper
is now regulated by the statute 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 32, sects. ..."
8. Greenwood's Manual of the Practice of Conveyancing: Showing the Present by George Wright Greenwood, Harry Greenwood (1881)
"APPOINTMENT of gamekeeper. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I, AB, of &c., do
hereby appoint CD, of &o., to be my gamekeeper for my manor of X., ..."
9. Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals: As Illustrated by the Records of the by John Charles Cox (1890)
"... appointed gamekeeper for ye Marmor or Lordship of Calow by the said Edward
... gamekeeper for the Mannor or Lordship of Litton by John Statham Esq 2nd ..."
10. Reminiscences Chiefly of Towns, Villages and Schools: Chiefly of Towns by Thomas Mozley (1885)
"He was evidently a gamekeeper in office, and a poacher out of it. His ostensible
livelihood was breaking dogs, and jobbing in dogs and guns. ..."
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