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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gamekeeper

First recorded in 1660–70; game 1 + keeper

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That’s because both Mickey and Mellors, the Chatterley estate gamekeeper, made their first published appearance in 1928.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2023

"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

Jack O’Connell plays the gamekeeper she takes up with.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

“Yeah ... he asked what I did, an’ I told him I was gamekeeper here....

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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