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UK
/kˈiːpɐ/
]
[ US /ˈkipɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈkipɝ/ ]
NOUN
- one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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someone in charge of other people
am I my brother's keeper?
How To Use keeper In A Sentence
- A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
- An old poacher makes the best keeper.
- Though you do need a little room at least a 20-by-20-foot pen and some solid fencing, goats are easy keepers and the most doglike pets I know of. Vet's view: Best/worst pets for allergic kids
- The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door. STARDUST
- Women also frequently work in family businesses as shopkeepers and seamstresses.
- But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
- After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.
- After we had waved everyone goodbye, the Gamekeeper wandered in to confer about concrete.
- It's like being a lighthouse keeper, without the view. Times, Sunday Times
- The Cologne goalkeeper signalled his potential by publicly attacking the legendary Bayern Munich Maoist Paul Breitner for his heavy drinking, smoking and gambling though not, strangely enough, for his scrofulous appearance. Note to England's rugby players: embrace Der Aggro | Harry Pearson