An official; in spec. use (see quots. 1574, 1574).

An official responsible for the provision of necessities to an army, city, etc. Now rare (chiefly historical).

A local official of some kind, perhaps a collector of the Crown's debts. Obsolete. rare.

†a royal officer attending at fairs and markets, to keep the standard of weights and measures, and punish misdemeanours therein; also an officer…

An officer of the corporation of the City of London. †Also, an official in certain government offices and law courts: see quot. 1607.

An officer employed to protect the marches between England and Scotland from trespassers. Cf. march, n.3 1. Obsolete. rare.

An official having duties of the nature of control, superintendence, or safe keeping. the keeper of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London (at…

clerk of the remembrance: = remembrancer, n. 1a. Obsolete.

a reeve (reeve, n.1 2) responsible for the upkeep of a well.

The keeper of the stairs (of a public building.)

one who keeps or manages a bar for refreshments, who keeps a toll-bar, or keeps guard at a barrier.

a water-company's or municipality's official employed to report cases of waste of water.