keeper

Meaning

One who keeps (retains) something.
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. In quidditch (both Muggle quidditch and the game in the original Harry Potter series), this is someone responsible for guarding the three goalposts.
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.
A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)

owner of

hand lever

bank guard

magnet keeper

clamp clip terminal

fautor

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkiːpə/

From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep + -er.

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