keeper

/ˈkiːpər/ noun [C]

Definition

LOOK AFTER › someone who looks after a place and the things, people, or animals there: a park keeper

SPORT informal › short for goalkeeper (= the player in a sport such as football who tries to stop the ball going into the goal)

(Definition of keeper noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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