gamekeepernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡeɪmˌkiː.pər/us/ˈɡeɪmˌkiː.pɚ/a person whose job is to take care of wild animals and birds that are kept especially for hunting
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- hunted
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Examples from literature
- Each manor may have only one gamekeeper allowed to kill game such as hare, pheasant, partridge and only for his household's use.
- He laid his snares accordingly overnight, but they were discovered, and taken away by the gamekeeper of the gentleman to whom the ground belonged.
- I have already had to intercede for him with the gamekeeper.
- One day he was fishing with another boy when a gamekeeper suddenly darted forth from a thicket.
- There are no houses near, and no people in it except a few gamekeepers: I spent long days in it without meeting a human being.