'keeper

Noun

keeper (plural keepers)

1. One who keeps (retains) something.
   • Finders keepers; losers weepers.
2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
   • discreet; chaste; keepers at home1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Titus 2:5
3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
   • Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
4. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
   • "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.1970, Field & Stream, volume 75, number 7, page 76
5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
   • And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:9
6. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
   • England should have capitalised on their growing momentum to win, but Darren Bent failed to reproduce the finishing touches that have brought him goals in three successive appearances. He was blocked by Diego Benaglio when he was played in by Wilshere then blazed over the top of an open goal late...2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC

See all 12 meanings of keeper