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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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Etymology

Origin of gamekeeper

First recorded in 1660–70; game 1 + keeper

Example Sentences

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Low and Campbell had worked together for nearly 20 years at the nearby Edradynate Estate, where Campbell was employed as head gamekeeper and Low worked as a groundsman.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Robbie Coltrane, who played half-giant gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the movies, died in October 2022 of multiple organ failure after two years of illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

"We would have 50 people sat round a big table here sometimes," said Medunov, the hunting gamekeeper in the village of Lysohirka who turns 69 this week.

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

Once the dogs were baying along the rabbit's scent, the gamekeeper ran across the trail ahead of them, dragging a gunny sack of red herrings.

From Salon • May 13, 2023

Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper, had obliged with a sack full of his own homemade rock cakes.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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