gamekeeper

[ geym-kee-per ]
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noun
  1. a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.

Origin of gamekeeper

1
First recorded in 1660–70; game1 + keeper

Other words from gamekeeper

  • gamekeeping, noun
  • un·der·game·keep·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for gamekeeper

gamekeeper

/ (ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə) /


noun
  1. a person employed to take care of game and wildlife, as on an estate

Derived forms of gamekeeper

  • gamekeeping, noun

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