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outkeepers

outkeepers is the plural of outkeeper.

Meaning of outkeeper

Noun

outkeeper (plural outkeepers)

  1. An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
    • The surveyor kept a record of the number of “outs” sometimes using a counting device called an outkeeper, which was placed on the face of the instrument .2000, John Barry Love, The Colonial Surveyor in Pennsylvania, page 35
  2. One who is responsible for maintaining a remote area.
    • This was a single dwelling, the home of one of the outkeepers.1910, Horatio Alger (Jr.), Harry Vane: Or, In a New World - Volume 1910, page 70

Questions about outkeepers

What is outkeepers the plural of?
Outkeepers is the plural of outkeeper.

Words near outkeepers in the dictionary

  1. outjutted
  2. outjutting
  3. outjuttings
  4. outkeep
  5. outkeeper
  6. outkeepers
  7. outkeeping
  8. outkeeps
  9. outken
  10. outkent
  11. outkept

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