one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

someone in charge of other people; " am I my brother's keeper?"

One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.

One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: ( a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. ( b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. ( c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.

A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.

One who guards, maintains, takes care of, etc.

One who keeps; warden.

He who or that which keeps; one who holds or has possession of anything; one who retains in custody; one who has the care of a park or other inclosure; one who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything. Keeper of the Great Seal, the officer entrusted with the Queen's great seal; the lord chancellor.

One who or that which keeps.

The keeper of the bridge laughed. – Findelkind by Louise de la Ramee (AKA Ouida)

Lowrie got sort of excited, lost his nerve, and when the hotel keeper come upstairs, Lowrie thought it was Sinclair, and he didn't wait. – The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand

" All ready," announced the garage keeper. – Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant by Hugh S. Fullerton

I couldna' tell there was a keeper hiding on the ither side; but I didna' gang. – Carmen's Messenger by Harold Bindloss

She turned and pointed with a shaking finger at the saloon- keeper. – In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon

I am only going to the lodge- keeper. – The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins

He did look the last person on earth to be a hotel- keeper! – The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

For the most part, they were dressed in duck, though Waynefleet and the hotel- keeper wore city clothes. – The Greater Power by Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

" I don't know how to talk, and I don't like to talk," went on the tavern- keeper. – Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois

Are you your brother's keeper, as your own Bible puts it? – Philistia by Grant Allen

Ketchell, the store- keeper, told me how Carlstrom had longed and planned and saved to be able to go back once more to the old home he had left. – Adventures In Friendship by David Grayson

And the house- keeper says he was not in his room this morning, and that his bed was not slept in last night. – The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed

" No, no, keeper, you've nothing to do with it. – Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes

The keeper heard it, but did not hurry in the least. – Landolin by Berthold Auerbach

That light- house keeper is almost a prisoner. – Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish by Various

After a short delay, he, through the influence of his friends, obtained employment as book- keeper for a large dry goods firm in the city. – From Wealth to Poverty by Austin Potter

Is confidential clerk and book- keeper with Messrs. – History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown

To keep these accounts, a book- keeper was required all day. – History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

Am I my cousin's keeper? – Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West by William MacLeod Raine

From the woman Bootea learned where she could find a good resting place with the family of a shop- keeper. – Caste by W. A. Fraser