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gamekeeper

gamekeeper noun: a person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

Noun

gamekeeper (plural gamekeepers)

  1. A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
    • The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or...1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

gamekeeper meaning in Tamil and Urdu

gamekeeper in Tamil

ஆட்ட விதிகள், வேட்டை விதிகள்

gamekeeper in Urdu

محافظ شکار گاہ

Forms of gamekeeper

pluralgamekeepers

Origin of gamekeeper

From game + keeper.

Words formed from gamekeeper

Questions about gamekeeper

What does gamekeeper mean?
Gamekeeper means a person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
What is gamekeeper in Tamil?
Gamekeeper in Tamil is ஆட்ட விதிகள், வேட்டை விதிகள். See Gamekeeper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gamekeeper?
Gamekeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of gamekeeper?
The plural of gamekeeper is gamekeepers.

Words near gamekeeper in the dictionary

  1. gamejacked
  2. gamejacker
  3. gamejackers
  4. gamejacking
  5. gamejacks
  6. gamekeeper
  7. gamekeeper's pie
  8. gamekeeper's thumb
  9. gamekeepers
  10. gamekeeping
  11. Gamel

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