keeper
noun
a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
keepership
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a word derived from
keeper.
Example Sentences
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In 1866 the Ray Society reprinted, under the editorship of his friend and successor in the keepership of the Botanical Department of the British Museum, J.J.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
But the great Duke, Charmed with the eagle shot, admired the youth, There to him and his heirs forever gave The forest keepership.
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
His father then proposed that he should take the keepership of the royal domains, and marry Marie d'Hericart, the daughter of his friend.
From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by David W. Bartlett
Henry VIII. took away the keepership of the great Beam from the City, but afterwards restored it.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Petition of Increased Collins, for restoration to the keepership of Mote’s Bulwark, Dover.”—C.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
