Definitions for keeper
ˈki pərkeep·er

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

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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.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Wayne Rooney:

   I spotted the' keeper maybe a couple minutes before we scored and I'd seen that he was quite high, i knew if the ball fell to me near the halfway line, then the opportunity would be there for me to shoot it.

2. Oprah Winfrey:

   I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream - and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   I came legally to america to help the people, but here is what I witnessed as a black man. I see a system of entrapment for blacks which has been set in place for years and has been concretized and solidified in such ways with racism as the driving catalyst, and gate keeper. this makes it almost impossible for blacks to excel-so my reggae sings-no chains around my feet, but still I'm not free? can you imagine people building a system which enslaves them? define freedom in america!

4. I. F. Stone:

   Those who set out nobly to be their brother's keeper sometimes end up by becoming his jailer. Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

5. Ursula Ward:

   Odin was the backbone of the family. Odin was the man of the house. Odin was his sisters' keeper.

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