Lexic.us

Definition of Keeper

1. Noun. Someone in charge of other people. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

2. Noun. One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals.

Definition of Keeper

1. n. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

Definition of Keeper

1. Noun. One who keeps. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A person or thing worth keeping. ¹

3. Noun. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard. ¹

4. Noun. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. ¹

5. Noun. 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. ¹

6. Noun. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keeper

1. one that keeps [n -S] - See also: keeps

Medical Definition of Keeper

1. 1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. 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. "The Lord is thy keeper." (Ps. Cxxi. 6) 4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. "Discreet; chaste; keepers at home." (Titus II. 5) 5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap. 6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. Keeper of the forest, an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest. Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc, before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keeper

keep track keep up keep up appearances keep up with keep up with the Joneses keep watch keep wicket keep with keep your friends close, and your enemies closer keepability

keepable keepalive keepalives keepe keeped keeper (current term) keepers keepership keeperships keepest

keepeth keepie-uppie keeping keeping on keeping one's options open keeping up keeping wicket keepings keeplike keepnet

Literary usage of Keeper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... Department of Museum Extension Services keeper* CH Gibbs-Smith . ... A.(Scot-) keeper of Department of Exhibits, WY Carman. ..."

2. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"CONCLUSION OF THE LIFE OF LOBD keeper FINCH. Ox the 3rd of November began the most memorable parlia- 16*0 ment recorded in our annals. ..."

3. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"Board of Inspectors, Moral Instructor (appointed by Principal keeper, the Governor). Supervisor, Exempt Class. Reason for Exemption. ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"(3) The office of Lord keeper of the Great Seal originated, The Lord as it ... The last Lord keeper 1 See, as to the title of the Lord Chancellor, McQueen, ..."

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