Definitions for KEEPER
ˈki pərkeep·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. keepernoun

   someone in charge of other people

   "am I my brother's keeper?"

2. custodian, keeper, stewardnoun

   one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Keepernoun

   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.

2. Keepernoun

   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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. keepernoun

   One who keeps.

   Finders keepers; losers weepers.

2. keepernoun

   A person or thing worth keeping.

   You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper.

3. keepernoun

   A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.

4. keepernoun

   The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.

5. keepernoun

   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.

6. keepernoun

   An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Keepernoun

   Etymology: from keep.

   1. One who holds any thing for the use of another.

   The good old man having neither reason to dissuade, nor hopes to persuade, received the things with the mind of a keeper, not of an owner. Philip Sidney.

   2. One who has prisoners in custody.

   The keeper of the prison, call to him. William Shakespeare.

   Io now
   With horns exalted stands, and seems to lowe:
   A noble charge; her keeper by her side
   To watch her walks his hundred eyes apply’d. Dryden.

   A pleasant beverage he prepar’d before,
   Of wine and water mix’d, with added store
   Of opium; to his keeper this he brought,
   Who swallowed unaware the sleepy draught. Dryden.

   3. One who has the care of parks, or beasts of chase.

   There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter,
   Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest,
   Doth all the Winter-time, at still of midnight,
   Walk round about an oak with ragged horns. William Shakespeare.

   The first fat buck of all the season’s sent,
   And keeper takes no fee in compliment. Dryden.

   4. One that has the superintendence or care of any thing.

   Hilkiah went unto Hildah, keeper of the wardrobe. 2 King.

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1. keeper

   A keeper is a person or thing that manages, guards, maintains, or controls something or someone. They ensure safety, operate properly, or track the progress or condition of what they are keeping. In certain contexts, it could also refer to someone or something worth keeping or retaining due to its value, quality or reliability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Keepernoun

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

2. Keepernoun

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

3. Keepernoun

   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

4. Keepernoun

   one who remains or keeps in a place or position

5. Keepernoun

   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

6. Keepernoun

   a fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Keeper

   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 football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato, 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.

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Keeper

   A bar of soft iron used to connect the opposite poles of a horseshoe magnet or the opposite poles of two bar magnets placed side by side. It is designed to prevent loss of magnetism. The armature of a horseshoe magnet is generally used as its keeper. For bar magnets a keeper is used for each end, the magnets being laid side by side, with their poles in opposite direction but not touching, and a keeper laid across at each end connecting the opposite poles.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KEEPER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Keeper is ranked #79598 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Keeper surname appeared 239 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Keeper.
   
   75.7% or 181 total occurrences were White.
   18.8% or 45 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Defender

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'KEEPER' in Nouns Frequency: #2169

How to pronounce KEEPER?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say KEEPER in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of KEEPER in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of KEEPER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of KEEPER in a Sentence

1. Marlon Brando:

   If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   I am my own power, my own home with blackened roses gaping at softened slashed easy chairs, furled requiems of silence, yet strength too -- of poetry, of the books, of the gods. I am my Own and I intend to be the keeper of My truth, the slayer of My dragons, the Exorcist of My demons.

3. Cassidy Hutchinson:

   I recall hearing the word' Oath Keeper' and hearing the word' Proud Boys' closer to the planning of the January 6 rally, when( Trump lawyer Rudy) Giuliani would be around.

4. Roger McGuinn:

   I'd like to be remembered as a keeper of the flame who kept traditional music alive, because I've been doing that twice as long as I was in the Byrds.

5. Judith Crist:

   What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and fostering an illicit trade. Above all, it curtails the right of the individual, be he creator or consumer, to satisfy his intellect and his interest without harm. In our law-rooted society, we are not the keeper of our brother’s morals -- only of his rights.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=KEEPER
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=KEEPER
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Keeper
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=KEEPER
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/KEEPER
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=KEEPER
8. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=KEEPER
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html