groundskeeper

American  

[graundz-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

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Etymology

Origin of groundskeeper

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

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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

As a teenager, he got a job at the ballpark as a groundskeeper and cleaner, and worked his way up to center field.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

Before Gideon and I were on the road, he’d worked as a groundskeeper at the Maple Grove Park in Chicago.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

Although it sounded like a good idea, most groundskeepers had to be convinced of the accuracy and reliability of the robots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

As interest in ecological landscapes continues to grow, demand is outstripping the number of designers, gardeners and groundskeepers adept at these approaches.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

There had always been Negro employees in the lab—janitors, cafeteria workers, mechanic’s assistants, groundskeepers.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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