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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
keeper
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lock keeper
park keeper
wicket keeper
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lock
▪ This would seem to cover the action of the lock keepers in this case.
▪ John Cryer, the lock keeper, and Tom Mercer, the engine driver, are at the left of the picture.
park
▪ A park keeper was ordered to pay £800 compensation to the owner of a £1,000 model yacht he sank.
▪ Is the future one of being paid park keepers or producers of primary produce?
zoo
▪ The zoo keeper said that the elephant had always been a calm and gentle animal before.
■ VERB
become
▪ In 1544 Cawarden became keeper of the tents.
▪ The archivist must become the keeper of discs as well as the printed and hand-written word.
▪ On 4 October 1406, when Henry's government was at its nadir, he finally became keeper of the Privy Seal.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
finders keepers (losers weepers)
▪ And it's finders keepers, y'know.
▪ The rule for such races is simple: finders keepers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Demitros is the zoo's head gorilla keeper.
▪ This one's a keeper.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
keeper

Keeper \Keep"er\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

  2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

  3. 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.

    The Lord is thy keeper.
    --Ps. cxxi. 6.

  4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

    Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.
    --Titus ii.

  5. 5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as:

    1. The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot.

    2. A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.

    3. A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.

  6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. Hence: Anything perishable that remains in good condition longer than usual. -- Downing.

  7. An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.

    Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest.

    Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]

    Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.]

    Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.]

    Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature; called also keeper.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
keeper

c.1300 (late 13c. as a surname), "one who has charge of some person or thing, warden," agent noun from keep (v.). Sense of "one who carries on some business" is from mid-15c. Sporting sense (originally cricket) is from 1744. Meaning "something (or someone) worth keeping" is attested by 1999. Brother's keeper is from Genesis iv:9.

Wiktionary
keeper

n. 1 One who keeps something. 2 (context slang English) A person or thing worth keeping. 3 A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

WordNet
keeper
  1. n. someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"

  2. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals [syn: custodian, steward]

Wikipedia
Keeper

Keeper may refer to:

Keeper (Appelt novel)

Keeper is a 2010 novel written by Kathi Appelt. This story is about a young girl who searches for her mermaid mother, Meggie Marie.

Keeper (surname)

Keeper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Cyril Keeper (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Joe Keeper (1886–1971), Canadian long distance runner and Olympian
  • Tina Keeper (born 1962), Canadian activist, actress and politician
  • Tilly Keeper (born 1997), British actress
Keeper (film)

Keeper is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Guillaume Senez. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Keeper (Peet novel)

Keeper is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2003. It was Peet's first novel and the first of three (as of 2012) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato ("The Cat"), tells his life story. Peet won the Branford Boase Award, recognising the year's best debut novel for children.

Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005. Danish and Hungarian-language translations were also published that year and followed by German, Italian, and Spanish-language editions.

Keeper (password manager)

Keeper is a password manager application and digital wallet that securely stores website passwords, financial information and other sensitive documents using 256-bit AES encryption, zero-knowledge architecture and two-factor authentication. Files and passwords in Keeper can be synced, backed up in the cloud, and shared using HTTP secure and a locally stored encryption key. Every record in the user's private vault is encrypted and stored with a unique encryption key. Keeper also addresses the problem of password fatigue, by autofilling login and password fields with stored information.

Keeper comes pre-loaded on the Orange Dive 70 smartphone, Samsung phones, América Móvil phones and most AT&T Android phones. As of January 2015, Keeper has more than 9 million registered users and works with over 3,000 companies. Keeper is available for download on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Windows Phone, Linux, Kindle, and Nook, and available as a browser extension for IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera.

Keeper is a free service for storing passwords on a single device and has an optional annual subscription with cross-device syncing.

Usage examples of "keeper".

He carried out his self-imposed task as keeper of the flag-locker in a naturally elegant manner that was deeply incongruous aboard a privateer, a ship designed solely for war.

Scrubbing their hands in a basin of vinegar provided by the keeper of the place, they rejoined Alec outside.

Rannirl had said that Keepers like Elorie were an anachronism in this day and age.

He was very proud of his falcons, and seeing them, talons gripped around wooden perches spiked into the sand or around the leather-gauntleted arms of their keepers, I found myself glancing at Whitaker, noticing the same quick, predatory look, the same sharp, beaky features.

Evidently, a bedel, or possibly one of the Keepers of the Faith, had already completed the praise.

Obviously, some great power, un-known on all Caledonia, was involved, and these from Beyond controlled powers unbeknown to the holiest bedel or Keeper of the Faith.

Keepers of the Faith and the clann bedel and will inform you of our decision later.

Until this very moment, John had never really believed in such, in spite of the Holy Books and the preachings of the bedels and the Keepers of the Faith.

Such as your Keepers of the Faith, or bedels, or whatever you call them.

So it was that the Keepers of the Faith and the bedels gathered, and it was revealed to them by the Holy that there must be banns to control the relationship between the phyla.

I did not know what to say, and began to stammer out something, but at last succeeded in saying that she was a treasure of whom I was not worthy to be the keeper.

Litter First Lady and Keeper of the Home Hearth of Krevanel, critically regarded her reflection in the long mirror, whose ornate and begemmed frame rather overshadowed its smooth surface.

English Beaters were at the other end of the field, hitting the other Bludger back and forth to each other while attempting to keep possession of it, so that they could try to hit any Chaser who attempted to score on their Keeper again.

In the end she promised a great reward to my keeper for the custody of me one night, who for gaine of a little money accorded to her desire, and when I had supped in a Parler with my Master, we departed away and went into our Chamber, where we found the faire Matron, who had tarried a great space for our comming : I am not able to recite unto you how all things were prepared : there were foure Eunuches that lay on a bed of downe on the ground with Boulsters accordingly for us to lye on, the Coverlet was of cloth of Gold, and the pillowes soft and tender, whereon the delicate Matron had accustomed to lay her head.

Welt and Bryk were the respective leaders of the Keepers and the Strivers, for the time being allies against the Deemers.