keeper[noun]Synonyms: guardian, attendant, caretaker, curator, custodian, guard, preserver, steward, warden
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
keep‧er /ˈkiːpə $ -ər/
noun [countable] [
Word Family: noun:
keep,
keeper,
keeping;
verb:
keep;
adjective: kept]
1. someone who looks after animals:
a beekeeper Bob is head lion keeper at the zoo. ⇒
gamekeeper,
zoo-keeper2. someone whose job is to look after a particular place or thing:
a lighthouse keeperkeeper of the keeper of Greek coins in the British Museum3. British English informal a
goalkeeper4. I am not sb’s keeper spoken used to say that you are not responsible for someone else’s actions
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wicket keeper [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲