gamekeeper
[
geym
-kee-per]
/ˈgeɪmˌki pər/
noun
1.
a person employed, as on an estate or
game
preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of
game
, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
Origin
1660-70;
game
1
+
keeper
Related forms
gamekeeping,
noun
undergamekeeper,
noun
Examples from the web for
gamekeeper
Well the poacher has now turned into the
gamekeeper
, and must now correct her previous mistakes.
The chicks were reared by prison labor under the supervision of a full time
gamekeeper
.
British Dictionary definitions for
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
/
ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə
/
noun
1.
a person employed to take care of game and wildlife, as on an estate
Derived Forms
gamekeeping,
noun
Word Origin and History for
gamekeeper
n.
1660s, from
game
(n.) in the animal sense + agent noun from
keep
(v.).