Complete Definition of "keeper"

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English

Etymology
-er|keep

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�ki�p�/
(General American|US) IPA|/�ki�p�/
audio|en-us-keeper.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p�(r)|-i�p�(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A person who keeps something.

#: Finders keepers; losers weepers.

  1. slang Something worth keeping.

#: You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper.

  1. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.
  2. sports The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
  3. 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.
  4. American football An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

Compounds
bookkeeper
gamekeeper
greenskeeper
lighthouse keeper
lock-keeper
park keeper
salad keeper
zoo keeper

Translations
trans-top|person who keeps something
French: gardien m
trans-mid
Spanish: guardián m
trans-bottom

trans-top|something worth keeping
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|guard, custodian
Finnish: vartija
French: conservateur m, conservateure f
Japanese: JAchar|�人 (bannin)
trans-mid
Spanish: guardián, custodio m
Swedish: väktare c, vårdare c
trans-bottom

trans-top|guardian of goal
Dutch: doelman m/f
Finnish: maalivahti
French: gardien de but m / gardienne de but f
Italian: portiere m
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (kīp�)
Swedish: målvakt c
trans-bottom

trans-top|part of mechanism
French: gâche f, arrêtoir m
trans-mid
Swedish: spärr c
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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(the numbers mean little, 6 was Quidditch, see Keeper)
ttbc|French: passant m
ttbc|German: (6): Hüter m
ttbc|Latin: (6): ianitor m
ttbc|Slovene: varuh m (1), �uvaj m (1), vratar m (2), branilec m (6)

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