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n. One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.
Syn. -- hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who keeps or stays much at home. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You are manifest housekeeper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A house dog. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.
Syn. -- innholder. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord is thy keeper. Ps. cxxi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. Titus ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper. Hence: Anything perishable that remains in good condition longer than usual. Downing. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

7. An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use. [ PJC ]

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; called also keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of a keeper. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surv.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. someone who keeps peace; as, she's the peacekeeper in that family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the pistol of a law officer in the old West. [ U. S. History ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The keeper of a pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who keeps a “store;” a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) One who marks the time in musical performances. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests. [ 1913 Webster ]