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dogkeeper

/ˈdɒɡpkiːpɚ/

dogkeeper noun: a person employed to look after dogs, especially for hunting.

Noun

dogkeeper (plural dogkeepers)

  1. A person employed to look after dogs, especially for hunting.
    • In 1285, for example, four falconers were sent to Charing on August 30, followed on September 10 by five dogkeepers and twenty dogs, and on September 12th by two falconers who had been with the court at Winchester.2004, Robin S. Oggins, The Kings and Their Hawks: Falconry in Medieval England, page 99

Forms of dogkeeper

pluraldogkeepers

Origin of dogkeeper

From dog + keeper.

Questions about dogkeeper

What does dogkeeper mean?
Dogkeeper means a person employed to look after dogs, especially for hunting.
What part of speech is dogkeeper?
Dogkeeper is a noun.
How do you pronounce dogkeeper?
Dogkeeper is pronounced /ˈdɒɡpkiːpɚ/.
What is the plural of dogkeeper?
The plural of dogkeeper is dogkeepers.

Words near dogkeeper in the dictionary

  1. dogies
  2. dogiron
  3. dogirons
  4. dogis
  5. dogitude
  6. dogkeeper
  7. dogkeepers
  8. dogkind
  9. dogleg
  10. doglegged
  11. doglegging

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