keeper
keeper definition
keeper (kēp′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that keeps; specif.,
- a guard, as of prisoners or animals
- a guardian or protector
- Chiefly Brit. a curator
- a custodian; caretaker
- Brit. a gamekeeper
- any of several devices for keeping something in place, as a clasp
- something that keeps or lasts (well or poorly)
- Informal something worth keeping, as a fish large enough for a fisherman to keep legally
- ☆ Football a play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and runs with it
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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