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; game1 + 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.).