keeper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone in charge of other people
    • am I my brother's keeper?
  2. noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
    custodian; steward.

WordNet

Keep"er noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913