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gamekeeper

American  
[geym-kee-per] / ˈgeɪmˌki pər /

noun

  1. a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.

gamekeeper British  
/ ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə /

noun

  1. a person employed to take care of game and wildlife, as on an estate

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Other Word Forms

  • gamekeeping noun
  • undergamekeeper noun

Etymology

Origin of gamekeeper

First recorded in 1660–70; game 1 + keeper

Example Sentences

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The wife of former gamekeeper David Campbell has told a trial she was not aware of any grievances her husband had with the man he is accused of murdering.

From BBC

The bird was discovered injured by a gamekeeper on an estate in Stanhope, near Tweedsmuir, on 15 January.

From BBC

He said that Campbell may not have been the only gamekeeper not to be on Mr Stewart's "Christmas card list".

From BBC

The organisation said that was because gamekeepers are trying to protect their grouse, pheasants and partridge - and the profits they bring.

From BBC

Natural England, which also monitors the birds, said they were often targeted by gamekeepers because they eat grouse.

From BBC

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