(n.) One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
(n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
(n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
(n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
(n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
(n.) A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
Example Sentences:
(1) 3.14pm BST 14 mins: It's quite a pleasing thing that, some 22 years after the passback rule was put in place, fans still applaud a player heading the ball back to the keeper.
(2) It's straight at Stockdale, though the keeper needs two attempts to get the ball under control in these awkward conditions.
(3) The disastrous launches of SimCity and Battlefield 4 , the confining and somewhat invasive nature of the publisher’s Origin digital gaming platform and the voraciously monetised smartphone version of Dungeon Keeper, have kicked further dents in its reputation.
(4) Liam Fox, regarded as the flame-keeper of the Tory right, would also be a prime target for the Lib Dems.
(5) This was the keeper’s introduction to English football following his £17m move from Barcelona and perhaps, in hindsight, it was a mistake from Guardiola not to ease him in against West Ham a couple of weeks ago.
(6) Juan nearly pokes a backpass past an advancing Julio Cesar; the keeper does well to hack clear.
(7) Although Hart turned another Götze chance behind early in the second half, after Blaszczykowski and Lukasz Piszczek had neatly combined on the right, there was nothing he could do when Reus intercepted the blind pass Rodwell attempted to play to Nastasic and drove into the area before shooting across the City keeper.
(8) He's got the jump on Mathijsen, but not on the keeper, who surges off his line to clear.
(9) Meyler was in unfamiliar territory on the right side of defence and performed brilliantly in the second half but Germany’s next opportunity of note came on the opposite flank when Marc Wilson’s backpass to Forde was left short and the keeper nervously found the stand, despite his initial touch almost reaching Thomas Müller with a clear path to goal.
(10) As the storm rages, the keepers of the euro flame have lined up to offer radical ways to rewrite the single currency's rules to make the project more viable in the long term.
(11) Eventually, Ballance tried to reverse sweep Ajantha Mendis, but he could only edge to the keeper.
(12) You can’t have a go at him as the keeper has made a fantastic save for the second one.
(13) Gaddafi, as vigilant keeper of the flame, kept a weather eye open, heaping privileges on some and prestige on others in order to consolidate alliances and plaster over any cracks that threatened to appear.
(14) The keeper hurled himself in front of it to pull off an improbable block!
(15) Keepers clean the babies by using a cotton swab warmed to the same temperature as the mother's tongue.
(16) 90+2 min Howard Webb books the keeper Benaglio for timewasting.
(17) He makes it to the area and draws Krul, but his cheeky chip over the advancing keeper floats wide left of the open goal.
(18) Stokes sent a downward header towards the far corner from seven yards but the pesky keeper again meddled, diving full length to push it to safety.
(19) We felt Tim would be the most appropriate keeper to save penalties.
(20) Jelavic's penalty was saved by the Baggies keeper Ben Foster but Rosenior was on hand to head home the rebound and score his first senior goal since October 2009.
Shopkeeper
Definition:
(n.) A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.
Example Sentences:
(1) Everyone had something to say about the events, from professors to shopkeepers.
(2) Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Guardian For his part the leader of Hadash, the veteran socialist party in Israel that emphasises Arab-Jewish cooperation, Odeh has now attracted a political star status most obvious on the stump in Lod on Wednesday in the repeated cries of “Ayman!” by shopkeepers and passersby keen to shake his hand or be photographed with him.
(3) "There were 85 others in my police cell, mostly young people," said the young shopkeeper held in police station No 14.
(4) "Some people pulled me out from the rubble," said shopkeeper Sharifuddin Aurfan, who was wounded.
(5) Shopkeepers said they were afraid to open after gunmen believed to be working for the Knights Templar cartel threw firebombs at several of the city's businesses and city hall over the weekend.
(6) The scale of the destruction in Birmingham, Manchester and Salford shocked morning commuters and prompted shopkeepers fearful of a repeat performance to board up premises at lunchtime.
(7) Small shopkeepers have called on the government to include them in plans to introduce a mandatory 5p charge on plastic carrier bags next year.
(8) Photograph: tom phillips for the Guardian “It’s not been good for us,” complained Wu Yuhua, a 42-year-old shopkeeper from Jiangxi province who was preparing to leave the city until the G20 roadshow had moved on.
(9) The tourists ambling down Ledra Street in the hot midday sun are a welcome sight – and not just for crisis-hit Cyprus's shopkeepers.
(10) Hundreds of shopkeepers and restaurant owners from Calais held a protest in Paris on 7 March to complain that they have suffered heavy losses as a result of the presence of migrants in the port.
(11) James Agate (1877‑1947) started out as a Manchester cotton merchant, moved to London as a shopkeeper, then rose to prominence as the most brilliant theatre critic of his day.
(12) She rather loved being a shopkeeper, perhaps because it gave her a rest from writing.
(13) It’s been a long time since I saw him last.” The shopkeeper, 79, said no one had been in the barbershop since at least Tuesday and it had now closed.
(14) "A toxic mix of gold, greed and alcohol has resulted in a spate of brutal murders in the interior," the newspaper reported, cataloguing killings involving miners, jewellers and shopkeepers working at the gold mines.
(15) Shopkeepers have placed oil drums on the pavement to try to put some distance between themselves and any blast.
(16) And, as every shopkeeper will tell you, a huge sector of our economy depends on this.
(17) Fellow shopkeepers, she said, woke up yesterday to find their stock bobbing about in high waters.
(18) The UK is just as much a nation of shopkeepers as a vanguard of cutting-edge capitalism."
(19) Anna, a shopkeeper whose store was hit by a shell on Monday, said she did not believe the ceasefire would last.
(20) From the largest supermarkets to the most modest corner store or market stall, shopkeepers will be compelled to charge customers at least 5p for the convenience of taking their goods home in a disposable bag.