keeper
Syllables: keep·erUK/ˈkiː.pə/
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Northumbria/ˈkiː.pɐ/
keeper noun: one who keeps (retains) something.
Noun
keeper (plural keepers)
- One who keeps (retains) something.
- Finders keepers; losers weepers.
- 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
- I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives[…]1971, H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man
- 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
- And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.1878, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, volume 35, page 331
- 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
- When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.2005, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 122, numbers 7-12, page 101
- 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
- The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- 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
- At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
- 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.
- A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
- The all-whalebone crop, braided with gut, pigskin handle, single brown stitched leather keeper, and close[…]1912, Minnie McIntyre, Edward E. Wood, Alexander Henry Waddell, Wilfred Jay, Wilfred P. Pond, Bit & Spur, page 39
- “When we catch you—” A brief but vivid fantasy of the nose-ringed girl trailing a riding crop's cool leather keeper over her clenched and trembling ass shoved its way eagerly into Fran's imagination. “—we're gonna[…]”2022 February 22, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt, Tor Nightfire, →ISBN
- An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
- Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).
- The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]1878, Oluf Andreas Løwold Pihl, On Magnets (page 94)
- Synonyms:
- armature
Proper noun capitalized: Keeper
Keeper (plural Keepers)
keeper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
keeper in Hindi
- person who keeps something
- धारक dhārak
- guard, custodian
- अभिरक्षक abhirakṣak, अभिभावक abhibhāvak
keeper in Tamil
- பணியாள், கவனிப்பாளர், வைத்திருப்பவர்
keeper in Urdu
- keeper
- حافظ hāfiz
keeper in Bengali
- guard, custodian
- রক্ষী rokkhi, মহাফেজ mohaphej
More languagesFewer languages
- keeper in Telugu
- కాపరి kāpari
- keeper in Malayalam
- കാവൽ kāval
- keeper in Kannada
- ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ವಹಿಸುವವನು, ಪಾಲಕ, ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ, ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕ
- keeper in Gujarati
- કીપર
- keeper in Odia
- କିପର
- keeper in Persian
- نگهبان negahbān, پاسبان pāsbān
Examples of keeper in a sentence
- We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28:
- He was blocked by Diego Benaglio when he was played in by Wilshere then blazed over the top of an open goal late on after Young's shot was saved by Switzerland's keeper.2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
Synonyms of keeper
Forms of keeper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | keepers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Keepers |
Origin of keeper
From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.
Words formed from keeper
- account-keeper
- alehouse keeper
- alekeeper
- barkeeper
- bar-keeper
- bathkeeper
- beachkeeper
- beastkeeper
- beekeeper
- bellkeeper
- birdkeeper
- boatkeeper
- book-keeper
- bookkeeper
- bookshopkeeper
- bookstorekeeper
- boxkeeper
- bridgekeeper
- brothel-keeper
- brothelkeeper
- bus-keeper
- butter keeper
- casekeeper
- closet-keeper
- cowkeeper
- crossing keeper
- crowkeeper
- deer-keeper
- divekeeper
- dogkeeper
- doorkeeper
- door-keeper
- dramshopkeeper
- dungeon-keeper
- firekeeper
- fishkeeper
- flamekeeper
- forestkeeper
- game keeper
- gamekeeper
- gaolkeeper
- gatekeeper
- goal keeper
- goalkeeper
- goatkeeper
- gravekeeper
- greenkeeper
- green keeper
- greenskeeper
- groundkeeper
- groundskeeper
- haltkeeper
- hangarkeeper
- harem-keeper
- homekeeper
- hookkeeper
- horsekeeper
- hotelkeeper
- house keeper
- housekeeper
Phrases with keeper
- bee keeper
- Lord Keeper
- meat keeper
- mint keeper
- shop keeper
- record keeper
- saloon keeper
- switch keeper
- wicket keeper
- lettuce keeper
- Promise Keeper
- steeple keeper
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Words that rhyme with keeper
Questions about keeper
- What does keeper mean?
- Keeper means one who keeps (retains) something.
- What is keeper in Hindi?
- Keeper in Hindi is धारक (dhārak), अभिरक्षक (abhirakṣak), अभिभावक (abhibhāvak). See Keeper meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use keeper in a sentence?
- We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.
- What part of speech is keeper?
- Keeper can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce keeper?
- Keeper is pronounced /ˈkiː.pə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of keeper?
- The plural of keeper is keepers.
Words near keeper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: keeper (page history and authors); Keeper (page history and authors); keeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حافظ (Urdu) (page history and authors); കാവൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); keeper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keeper (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keeper (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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