keeper.
One who keeps (retains) something.
Meaning & usage
One who keeps (retains) something.
Finders keepers; losers weepers.
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
A person or thing worth keeping.
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
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.
A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.