keep ‧ er /ˈkiːpə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ keep , ↑ keeper , ↑ keeping ; verb : ↑ keep ; adjective : kept]
1 . someone who looks after animals:
a beekeeper
Bob is head lion keeper at the zoo.
⇨ ↑ gamekeeper , ↑ zoo-keeper
2 . someone whose job is to look after a particular place or thing:
a lighthouse keeper
keeper of
the keeper of Greek coins in the British Museum
3 . British English informal a ↑ goalkeeper
4 . I am not sb’s keeper spoken used to say that you are not responsible for someone else’s actions
⇨ ↑ wicket keeper