zookeeper
noun
a person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.
zookeepers
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pluralof zookeeper.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While zookeepers immediately found and recaptured Tango, Samba is still on the loose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
They invited over 30 experts from around the world who cared about caribou—including Indigenous peoples, academics, zookeepers, and reindeer experts from Finland—to independently review the evidence for each assumption.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Once veterinarians give the 11-pound male fox a clean bill of health, zookeepers said they would be looking for a long-term home for the animal, which is said to be doing well.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
"You don't really hear of many zookeepers, or if you do, you don't really know how they got into that position in the first place," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
The pig was already dead—Calista said the zookeepers probably put him in frozen, like a giant pig pop—and that was a good thing for him, I bet, because he was getting swallowed.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
