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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She set up a dedicated, 24-hour capy-hotline, capable of responding to Samba sightings with a team of 20 on-call zookeepers.
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
Earlier this month, Punch's situation began looking up when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating with a troop of monkeys -- "playfully poking others and getting scolded".
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Rejected at birth by his mother, he was initially cared for by zookeepers before being reintroduced to the monkey enclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
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
