"keeper" Definition

Definitions for the word "keeper" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 person who looks after or is in charge of animals, people, or a thing. 2 custodian of a museum, forest, etc. 3 a = *wicket-keeper. B = *goalkeeper. 4 a sleeper in a pierced ear. B ring that keeps another on the finger.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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