keeper

Definitions

• One who keeps something.
• (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
• A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
• (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
• A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
• (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
• One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
• A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.