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.

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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

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

Some of Dr Watson's research on the Sphinx drew on information handed down by generations of people who worked and visited the Cairngorms, including gamekeepers.

From BBC

A new team of Kenyan police officers re-examined the case in 1997 and in 1999 a gamekeeper was tried and acquitted of the crime.

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Related Words

• administrator
• caretaker
• curator
• superintendent