Definition of Keepir
Keep"er (?), n. 1.
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or
has possession of anything.
2. One who retains in custody; one who has
the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
3. One who has the care, custody, or
superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a
pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached
property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a
preserver.
The Lord is thy keeper. Ps.
cxxi. 6.
4. One who remains or keeps in a place or
position.
Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.
Titus ii. 5.
5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for
holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door
jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot.
(b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the
finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to
receive the end of the strap.
6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury
Russet is a good keeper. Downing.
Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law),
an officer who had the principal government of all things
relating to the forest. -- Keeper of the great
seal, a high officer of state, who has custody of the
great seal. The office is now united with that of lord
chancellor. [Eng.] -- Keeper of the King's
conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a name given when
the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.] -- Keeper of
the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a
high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters,
pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy
councillor, and was formerly called clerk of the privy
seal. [Eng.] -- Keeper of a magnet, a
piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of
keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person who keeps something.
Finders keepers; losers weepers.
- (football) Short form of goalkeeper.
- Shortened form of lockkeeper.
- An official (usually a guard) who looks after a particular place or prized object.
- (slang) Something worth keeping (That's a keeper)
- (Keeper) (Harry Potter; always capitalised) A field position in the game Quidditch.
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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