gamekeeper

American  

[gaym-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

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Etymology

Origin of gamekeeper

First recorded in 1660–70; game ¹ + keeper

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gamekeeper

Campbell had been the head gamekeeper at the estate.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

She said by hiring a retired gamekeeper they had managed to bring a lot of people onside and shooting estates are now helping to build artificial nests.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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

Mrs. Weasley was intrigued by the Whomping Willow, which had been planted after she had left school, and reminisced at length about the gamekeeper before Hagrid, a man called Ogg.

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

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