keeper

DEFINITIONS OF: keeper

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a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person); conservator, curator
the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library); game warden, gamekeeper
a person employed to take care of game and wildlife; greenskeeper
someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course; house sitter
a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money); janitor
someone employed to clean and maintain a building; lighthouse keeper
the keeper of a lighthouse; critter sitter, pet sitter
someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home; zoo keeper
the chief person responsible for a zoological garden; concierge
a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter; sacristan, sexton
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects; super, superintendent
a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector; verger
a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies; warrener
maintains a rabbit warren

Type of:: defender, guardian, protector, shielder
a person who cares for persons or property

“am I my brother's keeper?”

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someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee; baby minder, babyminder, minder
a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working; baby-sitter, babysitter, sitter
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home; gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey
someone who guards prisoners; nanny, nurse, nursemaid
a woman who is the custodian of children; dry nurse
a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant; mammy
an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.; amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Type of:: defender, guardian, protector, shielder
a person who cares for persons or property

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