keeper

noun

• 1a person who manages or looks after something or someone: I can’t stop him—I’m his wife, not his keeper
• a custodian of a museum or gallery collection: [as title]:he was Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean Museum
• an animal attendant employed in a zoo.
• short for gamekeeper.

• 2short for goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.

• 3a plain ring worn to preserve a hole in a pierced ear lobe; a sleeper.
• a ring worn to keep a more valuable one on the finger.
• a bar of soft iron placed across the poles of a horseshoe magnet to maintain its strength.

• 4 [with adjective] a food or drink that remains in a specified condition if stored:hazelnuts are good keepers

• 5a fish large enough to be kept when caught: these lakes consistently give up healthy, pound-size keepers
• informal a person or thing that is valuable and to be cherished:this disc is a keeper and one that belongs on every serious DVD collector’s shelf if he’s a good communicator and a great listener, he’s a keeper

• 6 American Football a play in which the quarterback receives the ball from the centre and runs with it.