gamekeeper

[ geym-kee-per ]
/ ˈgeɪmˌki pər /

noun

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 of gamekeeper

First recorded in 1660–70; game1 + keeper

OTHER WORDS FROM gamekeeper

game·keep·ing, noun un·der·game·keep·er, noun

Words nearby gamekeeper

game-changer, gamebag, gamebreaker, gamecast, gamecock, gamekeeper, gamelan, gamely, gameness, gameplay, gamer

Example sentences from the Web for gamekeeping

  • I here saw, at this gamekeeping farmhouse, what I had not seen since my departure from the Wen; namely, a wheat-rick!

    Rural Rides |William Cobbett

British Dictionary definitions for gamekeeping

gamekeeper
/ (ˈɡeɪmˌkiːpə) /

noun

a person employed to take care of game and wildlife, as on an estate

Derived forms of gamekeeper

gamekeeping, noun