gamekeeper

noun

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game·keep·er | \ ˈgām-ˌkē-pər

Definition of gamekeeper

: a person in charge of the breeding and protection of game animals or birds on a private preserve

Examples of gamekeeper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Jon Gaunt is a gamekeeper at a pheasant hunting and equestrian estate in southern England. — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021 Unlike 007 who was a product of Britain’s elite boarding school system, Jim Bond was the son of a gamekeeper in Devon, a rural corner of southern England. — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020 Professional gamekeepers and park rangers take viewers out into the savannas of South Africa’s Kruger National Park and Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve to scout for wildlife, giving you the experience of a safari from home. — Mary Turner, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2020 Auxiliary teams were made up of locals who knew the land well, including gamekeepers, foresters and poachers, according to FLS. — Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020 Now this poacher turned gamekeeper is trying to stop Congress from holding the current administration to account by withholding information. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019 If Brees has torn the UCL in his thumb, often referred to as gamekeeper or skier’s thumb, that could mean surgery. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019 Most traces of the villa disappeared until 1864 when a gamekeeper noticed some of the surviving walls. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 July 2019 As the novel ends, after meeting the devil, who looks like a gentle gamekeeper, Lolly feels giddy, as though she had been thrown into the air and suddenly begun to fly. — Longreads, 10 June 2019

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