keeper
/ˈkiː.pɚ/ noun B2- 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.
Plural keepers
From the library
“A bad reason,” replied Danglars, who reckoned on conciliating his keeper; “but I am content.
“But address yourself to the keeper of the seals; he has the right of entry at the Tuileries, and can procure you audience at any hour of the day or night.”
The keeper would leave me in the background, and take all the glory to himself.
The keeper spoke for a moment with an official, then opened the iron gates and conducted Andrea to a room on the first floor.
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