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Synonyms for keeper

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kee-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈki pər

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Définition of keeper

Origin :
  • c.1300 (late 13c. as a surname), "one who has charge of some person or thing, warden," agent noun from keep (v.). Sense of "one who carries on some business" is from mid-15c. Sporting sense (originally cricket) is from 1744. Meaning "something (or someone) worth keeping" is attested by 1999. Brother's keeper is from Genesis iv:9.
  • noun guardian
Example sentences :
  • I know very well that I'm my brother's keeper, but I can't tell where he is.'
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Woe to him who is not the keeper of his own conscience—the supporter of his own resolution!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The keeper of the rendezvous received us gladly, and we shipped immediately.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But my brother is quite too often a keeper of mine—of mine own choice authors.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
  • Just inside the gate he found the little room where the keeper had stayed.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • He used to be alive, you know—the Ockley who was keeper of the fives in my first half.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • Keeper of the field, and played against Harrow the same year.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • The keeper of the boat-house heard this, and came up the steps.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • "But you know it is wrong, gentlemen," remonstrated the keeper.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Claude and the keeper Lucas were on the look out to see that the band did not come back.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
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