groundskeeper

American  

[groundz-kee-per] / ˈgraʊndzˌki pər /

noun

1. a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.

2. a person in charge of maintaining a football field, baseball diamond, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• groundskeeping noun

Etymology

Origin of groundskeeper

1930–35; + grounds ( def. ) “lawn and gardens” + keeper

Example Sentences

Like Epstein, whose father was a New York City parks groundskeeper, they had stratospheric trajectories from, say, a working-class background to running a multinational corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Bayer bought Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion, and two months later, a California jury ruled in favor of a groundskeeper who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Blake Weatherby, a groundskeeper at the Kennesaw First Baptist Church, has different thoughts on why violent crime might be low.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

If you’re lucky, you can even spot an adorable member of the feral cat colony, which is lovingly looked after by the cemetery’s groundskeeper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

She gave Pong a look that said the groundskeeper was only going along to make sure that Father Cham didn't fall again.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat