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A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak. The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. Tusser.

The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]

A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. Shak.

One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

d president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. -- Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. -- Lord lieutenant, a representati…

The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]

Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.…

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]

the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. -- Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second int…

The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. Knight.

a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. -- Money order. See under Money. -- Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. -- Order book. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.

A keeper of the pantry; a pantler. [Obs.] Tyndale.

, The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale.

A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

A keeper of a turnpike gate. T. Hughes.

One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.]