keeper
noun
Origin of keeper
Synonyms for keeper
Related Words for keeper
defender, attendant, caretaker, curator, custodian, lookout, sentry, superintendent, jailer, archivist, steward, guard, warden, conservator, sentinel, supervisor, protector, overseerExamples from the Web for keeper
Contemporary Examples of keeper
Now, the goalkeeper is out with a memoir about his life until that point: The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them.
“The state has been trying to lay its hands on them for years,” one keeper of a 700 book-strong library told the paper.
In a lot of ways, that's what My Brother's Keeper is all about, and why it's so important.
Some black women, in the face of My Brother's Keeper, felt left out.
The International Olympic Committee is the keeper of the Olympic flame, and has immense power over national Olympic committees.
Historical Examples of keeper
I know very well that I'm my brother's keeper, but I can't tell where he is.'
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Woe to him who is not the keeper of his own conscience—the supporter of his own resolution!
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
The keeper of the rendezvous received us gladly, and we shipped immediately.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
But my brother is quite too often a keeper of mine—of mine own choice authors.
Just inside the gate he found the little room where the keeper had stayed.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall