Keeper

Noun

 * 1) One who keeps.
 * Finders keepers; losers weepers.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1) * 2005, Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101,
 * When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.
 * 1) * 2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28,
 * We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.
 * 1) * 2008, Sherri Erwin, Naughty Or Nice, page 247,
 * "Fine," I agreed. “But, Josh, my sister and I can handle it. You sit, watch football with the guys.”
 * “I would rather stick close to you. Besides, I love cleaning up.”
 * “I knew he was a keeper,” Gran said.
 * 1) A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.
 * 2)  The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
 * 1)  An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

Derived terms

 * bookkeeper
 * doorkeeper
 * gamekeeper
 * gatekeeper
 * greenskeeper


 * lighthouse keeper
 * lock-keeper
 * park keeper
 * salad keeper
 * scorekeeper
 * zookeeper

Thesaurus
Audubon Society, National Wildlife Service, Sierra Club, air warden, attendant, bull, caretaker, castellan, cerberus, commandant, conservationist, conservator, curator, custodian, custos, deliverer, enjoyer, forest ranger, game warden, gamekeeper, gaoler, governor, guard, guardian, guardian angel, have, haver, holder, jailer, janitor, lifeguard, lifesaver, next friend, nurse, possessor, preservationist, preserver, principal keeper, prison guard, prochein ami, ranger, rescuer, safekeeper, saver, savior, screw, shepherd, steward, taxidermist, turnkey, warden, warder, watchdog

Translations

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 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: conservateur, conservateure
 * Japanese: (bannin)


 * Latin:
 * Polish: strażnik
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: väktare, vårdare


 * Dutch: doelman /
 * Finnish:
 * French: gardien de but / gardienne de but


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: キーパー (kīpā)
 * Swedish:


 * French: ,


 * Swedish:


 * : passant
 * : varuh (1), čuvaj  (1), vratar  (2),

Noun

 * 1)  keeper, goalie