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One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.

One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

eals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

out loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. Political economy. See under Political.

ng Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. Prof. Wilson.

A dog keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.

s, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.

A gate keeper; a gate tender.

er to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. Goal keeper, the player charged with the defense of the goal.

A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

r a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. Shak.

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. S. Butler.

The keeper of a hostel or inn.

A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.

An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]