groundskeeper

American  

[groundz-kee-per] / ˈgraʊndzˌki pər /

noun

• groundskeepers
  plural

1. a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.

2. a person in charge of maintaining a football field, baseball diamond, etc.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• groundskeeping
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• groundskeepers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of groundskeeper

1930–35; + grounds ( def. ) “lawn and gardens” + keeper

Explanation

A groundskeeper is someone who's responsible for a property, often caring for gardens, lawns, and plants. The groundskeeper at the zoo works hard to keep the all the habitats looking perfect. Groundskeepers care for the grounds of a wide variety of public and private settings, including schools, state parks, baseball fields, botanical gardens, and resorts. The job of being a groundskeeper (sometimes called a "landscaper") can involve planting, weeding, mowing lawns, trimming hedges and trees, watering gardens, controlling pests, and more. If you love working outdoors and know how to use a lawn mower, you might enjoy being a groundskeeper.

Example Sentences

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Like Epstein, whose father was a New York City parks groundskeeper, they had stratospheric trajectories from, say, a working-class background to running a multinational corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Bayer bought Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion, and two months later, a California jury ruled in favor of a groundskeeper who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

Blake Weatherby, a groundskeeper at the Kennesaw First Baptist Church, has different thoughts on why violent crime might be low.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

Shaun Ilten, the groundskeeper at Dignity Health Sports Park, joined with Goldenvoice to take care of the first job, preparing two private pitches for each team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

She gave Pong a look that said the groundskeeper was only going along to make sure that Father Cham didn't fall again.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

If we are “Five-Star”-fortunate, we can hire assistance to handle the inevitable difficulties associated with this time of life, whether that means groundskeepers or divorce lawyers.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

The afternoon started with groundskeepers drying the field with leaf blowers, the first rainy game at the Coliseum in nine years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

While groundskeepers in Europe can pamper pitches until they look like Augusta National, all of the U.S. stadiums hosting World Cup matches are designed for American football, which typically features artificial turf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2025

They’re part of an ever-dwindling group of people who have attended every Super Bowl that has also included media members, football executives, groundskeepers and others.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

The camera at the front entrance had captured two groundskeepers driving away at 5:40 p.m.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green