Definition of Keeper

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Keeper

One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

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.

One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

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.

A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.

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Keeper Quotations

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.
Hubert H. Humphrey

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.
Marlon Brando

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Bryant H. McGill

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
William Gurnall

My feeling toward the animal is that he is our younger brother, and that we are our brother's keeper.
Mary Johnston

Keeper Translations

keeper in German is Aufseher {m}
keeper in Latin is custos

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