wikipedia|dab=keeper
English
Etymology
-er|keep
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�ki�p�/
(General American|US) IPA|/�ki�p�/
audio|en-us-keeper.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p�(r)|-i�p�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- A person who keeps something.
#: Finders keepers; losers weepers.
- slang Something worth keeping.
#: You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper.
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard.
- sports The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- 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.
- American football An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Compounds
bookkeeper
gamekeeper
greenskeeper
lighthouse keeper
lock-keeper
park keeper
salad keeper
zoo keeper
Translations
trans-top|person who keeps something
French: gardien m
trans-mid
Spanish: guardián m
trans-bottom
trans-top|something worth keeping
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|guard, custodian
Finnish: vartija
French: conservateur m, conservateure f
Japanese: JAchar|�人 (bannin)
trans-mid
Spanish: guardián, custodio m
Swedish: väktare c, vårdare c
trans-bottom
trans-top|guardian of goal
Dutch: doelman m/f
Finnish: maalivahti
French: gardien de but m / gardienne de but f
Italian: portiere m
trans-mid
Japanese: ã�ã�¼ã��ã�¼ (kÄ«pÄ�)
Swedish: målvakt c
trans-bottom
trans-top|part of mechanism
French: gâche f, arrêtoir m
trans-mid
Swedish: spärr c
trans-bottom
Translations to be checked
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(the numbers mean little, 6 was Quidditch, see Keeper)
ttbc|French: passant m
ttbc|German: (6): Hüter m
ttbc|Latin: (6): ianitor m
ttbc|Slovene: varuh m (1), �uvaj m (1), vratar m (2), branilec m (6)
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