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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Five days after Samba’s escape, around dawn, a team of 20 zookeepers descended on a bush in the local woods, following a sighting.
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
Six-month-old Punch became an internet sensation after footage of him clinging forlornly to zookeepers and dragging around a stuffed orangutan toy were widely shared on X.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
It’d be easy to assume that all 200 or so zookeepers on the island are there for that exact reason too, but the reality is more complicated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
They thereby injure even more American zookeepers each year than do tigers!
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
