keeper

About 3.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who keeps (retains) something.

   Finders keepers; losers weepers.

2. noun One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
3. noun A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
4. noun A person or thing worth keeping.
5. noun A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
6. noun The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
7. noun At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
8. noun 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.

Similar words

custodian steward holder handler keeps guardian keep responsible bearer attendant

Often followed by

of and in to was at is who or

Word family

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