Keeper
Encyclopedia
People
- Cyril KeeperCyril KeeperCyril Keeper is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1988, serving as a member of the New Democratic Party....
(born 1943), Canadian politician - Joe KeeperJoe KeeperJoseph Benjamin Keeper was a Canadian long distance runner, and a member of the 1912 Canadian Olympic team.Keeper, a member of the Norway House Cree First Nation, was born at Walker Lake, Manitoba...
(1886–1971), Canadian long distance runner and Olympian - The Keeper of the Register, Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places
- GamekeeperGamekeeperA gamekeeper is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.Typically, a gamekeeper is...
- Lighthouse keeperLighthouse keeperA lighthouse keeper is the person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Keepers were needed to trim the wicks, replenish fuel, wind clockworks and perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning...
- Museum curator
- Prison warden
- Legal guardianLegal guardianA legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to infancy, incapacity, or disability...
- ZookeeperZookeeperA zookeeper is a worker in a zoo, responsible for the feeding and daily care of the animals. As part of their routine, they clean the exhibits and report health problems...
Sports
- GoalkeeperGoalkeeperIn many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...
, a player who protects a goal - Quarterback keeperQuarterback keeperA quarterback keeper or keeper in American football is a designed play in which the quarterback does not pass or hand off the ball to another player and instead rushes forward with it in an effort to gain yardage...
, a slang term for a play in American football - Wicket-keeperWicket-keeperThe wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
a position in Cricket
Literature
- Keeper: Living with NancyKeeper: Living with NancyKeeper: Living with Nancy is a 2009 biographical book which "describes the terrible emotional strain of living with Alzheimer's disease" by detailing author Andrea Gillies' care for her mother-in-law, Nancy, who is suffering from the disease....
, a 2009 biographical book - Keeper (novel)Keeper (novel)Keeper is a fictional sports novel for children by Mal Peet, published on October 6, 2003 by Walker Books Ltd. The novel takes the form of an interview by Paul Faustino in which the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato , tells his life story...
, a 2003 sports novel by Mal Peet - Keeper (Appelt book)Keeper (Appelt book)Keeper is a 2010 novel written by Kathi Appelt. This story tells about a young girl who searches for her mermaid mother, Meggie Marie.-Summary:...
, another book, this one written by Kathi Appelt
Video games
- In Homeworld 2Homeworld 2Developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2003 by now defunct publisher Sierra Entertainment, Homeworld 2 is a real-time strategy computer game sequel to Homeworld. It takes place after the events in Homeworld and concerns Hiigara's response to a new enemy called the Vaygr. Its gameplay...
, Keepers are deadly destroyers built by the ancient Progenitors - In the Thief (series)Thief (series)Thief is a series of stealth video games in which the player takes the role of Garrett, a thief in a fantasy/steampunk world resembling a cross between the Late Middle Ages and the Victorian era, with more advanced technologies interspersed...
games, a Keeper is a member of a secret society who are charged with "keeping the balance" of power even within The City - The Keepers (Mass Effect), a fictional artificial species from the BioWare game Mass Effect
- Keepers, an artificial life-forms that protect the Earth in the Nintendo game Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Other
- Keeper HillKeeper HillKeeper Hill or Slievekimalta is a 694 m mountain in North Tipperary, Ireland.Keeper Hill is situated in the Slieve Felim mountain range in North Tipperary and is just 15km east of Limerick City. Keeper Hill is the highest mountain in the Shannon area and the 117th highest in Ireland. The ‘hill’...
, an Irish mountain - In the game of QuidditchQuidditchQuidditch is a fictional sport developed by British author J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series of novels. It is described as an extremely rough, but very popular, semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches around the world...
from Harry Potter, a position that defends the goal hoops - Keeper (Transformers), a comics character
- Keeper, a parasitic creature in the universe of Babylon 5
- Magnet keeperMagnet keeperA magnet keeper is ferromagnetic bar placed across the poles of a permanent magnet that helps preserve the strength of the magnet by completing the magnetic circuit, and are particularly useful for magnets which have a low magnetic coercivity, such as AlNiCo magnets.Keepers also have a useful...
- Menstrual cupMenstrual cupA menstrual cup is a type of cup or barrier worn inside the vagina during menstruation to collect menstrual fluid. Unlike tampons and pads, the cup collects menstrual fluid rather than absorbing it...
- Strike plateStrike plateA strike plate is a metal plate affixed to a door jamb with a hole or holes for the bolt of the door. When the door is closed, the bolt extends into the hole in the strike plate and holds the door closed...
of a door latch