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View synonyms for zookeeper

zookeeper

[ zoo-kee-per ]

noun

  1. a person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.


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Other Words From

  • zookeeping noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of zookeeper1

First recorded in 1920–25; zoo + keeper
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Example Sentences

First, zookeepers convince the animal to lean against a mesh barrier.

So Schulz and his colleagues worked with zookeepers at Zoo Atlanta to take a peek.

Valerie Schultz, 26, is a zookeeper at the National Zoo and spends her days tending to primates.

Soon he will try fruit and softened biscuits, zookeepers said.

Transmission was felt to have occurred from an asymptomatic but positive zookeeper “who was actively shedding virus,” according to the Agriculture Department.

From Fortune

When a tiger attacks a zookeeper, it is "making a noise like a locomotive."

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