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Word Meanings - KEEPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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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: The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. 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 , 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. -- Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. -- Keeper of the 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. - - Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.

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  • GUARDIAN
    One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
  • GUARDIANSHIP
    The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
  • VEDETTE
    A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. (more info) by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia watch, L. vigilia. See
  • WATCHET
    Pale or light blue. "Watchet mantles." Spenser. Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden.
  • WATCHDOG
    A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
  • WATCHHOUSE
    1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
  • SENTINEL
    A marine crab native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab. (more info) originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path.
  • GUARDIANESS
    A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
  • GUARDIANLESS
    Without a guardian. Marston.
  • WATCHWORD
    1. A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password. 2. A sentiment
  • GUARDER
    One who guards.
  • WATCH MEETING
    A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
  • CUSTODIAN
    One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.
  • GUARDANT
    See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
  • GUARDS
    A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
  • CONSERVATORY
    Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
  • PROTECTORIAL
    See PROTECTORAL
  • PROTECTORLESS
    Having no protector; unprotected.
  • WATCHFUL
    Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful
  • GUARDHOUSE
    A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
  • OUTKEEPER
    An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
  • COUNTERGUARD
    A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
  • INNKEEPER
    An innholder.
  • POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
    The keeper of a pound.
  • COGUARDIAN
    A joint guardian.

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