n.1 a person who keeps or looks after something or someone.
2 a custodian of a museum, art gallery, forest, etc.
3 a GAMEKEEPER. b a person in charge of animals in a zoo.
4 a wicket-keeper. b GOALKEEPER.
5 a fruit etc. that remains in good condition.
6 a bar of soft iron across the poles of a horseshoe magnet to maintain its strength.
7 a a plain ring to preserve a hole in a pierced ear lobe; a sleeper. b a ring worn to guard against the loss of a more valuable one.