Meanings
noundogkeeper (plural dogkeepers)
plural dogkeepers
- A person employed to look after dogs, especially for hunting.
In 1285, for example, four falconers were sent to Charing on August 30, followed on September 10 by five dogkeepers and twenty dogs, and on September 12th by two falconers who had been with the court at Winchester.
2004, Robin S. Oggins, The Kings and Their Hawks: Falconry in Medieval England, page 99
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