gamekeeper

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noun

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

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game warden
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Meanings

noungamekeeper (plural gamekeepers)

plural gamekeepers

  1. A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
    1 more example

    The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force."

    1960 March 28, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person employed to take care of game and wildlife

Similar
game warden
Broader
custodiankeepersteward
Also see
game warden

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From game + keeper.

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Translations

Bulgarian лесничей
  • лесничей (lesničej)person employed to maintain the game
Czech hajný
  • hajnýperson employed to maintain the game
Dutch jachtopzichter, jachtopziener
  • jachtopzichterperson employed to maintain the game
  • jachtopzienerperson employed to maintain the game
  • jachtmeesterperson employed to maintain the game
Finnish riistanhoitaja
  • riistanhoitajaperson employed to maintain the game
French garde-chasse
  • garde-chasseperson employed to maintain the game
German Wildhüter, Wildhüterin
  • Wildhüterperson employed to maintain the game
  • Wildhüterinperson employed to maintain the game
Hungarian vadőr
  • vadőrperson employed to maintain the game
Italian guardacaccia, guardiacaccia
  • guardacacciaperson employed to maintain the game
  • guardiacacciaperson employed to maintain the game
Polish gajowy, leśniczy
  • gajowyperson employed to maintain the game
  • leśniczyperson employed to maintain the game
  • łowczyperson employed to maintain the game
Portuguese couteiro, guarda-caça
  • couteiroperson employed to maintain the game
  • guarda-caçaperson employed to maintain the game
  • monteiroperson employed to maintain the game
Romanian paznic de vânătoare, pădurar
  • paznic de vânătoareperson employed to maintain the game
  • pădurarperson employed to maintain the game
Russian е́герь, лесни́к
  • е́герь (jégerʹ)person employed to maintain the game
  • лесни́к (lesník)person employed to maintain the game
Spanish guardabosque, alimañero
  • guardabosqueperson employed to maintain the game
  • alimañeroperson employed to maintain the game
  • guardacazaperson employed to maintain the game
Swedish viltvårdare
  • viltvårdareperson employed to maintain the game
Cite this entry
APA

gamekeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamekeeper

MLA

“gamekeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamekeeper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gamekeeper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamekeeper.

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