| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | keep·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k  p r |
| NOUN: | 1. One that keeps, especially: a. An attendant, a guard, or a warden. b. One that has the charge or care of something: a lion keeper; the keeper of the budget. c. Sports A goalkeeper. 2. Football A play made by the quarterback who keeps the ball after it is snapped and then runs with it. 3. Informal One that is worth keeping, especially a fish large enough to be legally caught.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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