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- [kee-per]
- /ˈki pər/
- /ˈkiː.pər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kee-per]
- /ˈki pər/
Definitions of keeper word
- noun keeper a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate. 1
- noun keeper a person who assumes responsibility for another's behavior: He refused to be his brother's keeper. 1
- noun keeper a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination): a hotelkeeper. 1
- noun keeper a person who is responsible for the maintenance of something (often used in combination): a zookeeper; a groundskeeper. 1
- noun keeper a person charged with responsibility for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden. 1
- noun keeper a person who conforms to or abides by a requirement: a keeper of his word. 1
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Origin of keeper
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, keeper is from the Middle English word keper. See keep, -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Keeper
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
keeper popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
keeper usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for keeper
noun keeper
- warden — any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
- guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- caretaker — A caretaker is a person whose job it is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats or apartments, and deal with small repairs to it.
- attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
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