keeper

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The keeper, throwing more nuts, retires a few paces; and as he continues throwing, the animal advances, the keeper receding and throwing the nuts until he has attracted the beast for some distance from the herd Near the keeper is a party of men furnished with a low caravan, who, while the animal is engaged eating the nuts, throw large nets over him.

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  1. noun One that keeps, especially:
  2. noun An attendant, a guard, or a warden.
  3. noun One that has the charge or care of something: a lion keeper; the keeper of the budget.
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  • He describes it himself as “the old wild scratch way, when the keeper was the rabbit-catcher, and sporting was enjoyed more for the adventure than for the bag.” He never lost his love of sport, and he gave his own son the same training he had himself. —  The Life of Froude
  • One product line that was specifically referenced as a keeper was the Altix shared-memory system, and its next-generation incarnation, UltraViolet. —  HPCwire Soundbite
  • While Smith concedes that the keeper has been affected by Romanov's punishment, he is hoping that the keeper has not played his last game for the Tynecastle side.
  • "I just saw where the keeper was and put it where he wasn't." —  Weekend Mixtape
  • However, the Brazilian tried to round Jones when a shot would have been better and the keeper was able to save. —  Soccerway.com
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  1. from Middle English kepere; from keep, v., + -er.
 

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