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Synonyms for gamekeepers


Grammar : Noun
Spell : geym-kee-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪmˌki pər

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Définition of gamekeepers

Origin :
  • 1660s, from game (n.) in the animal sense + agent noun from keep (v.).
  • As in warden : noun person who guards and manages
Example sentences :
  • Keepers: gamekeepers employed on all great estates to protect the game and fish.
  • Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes
  • On the whole, in spite of the wet and gamekeepers, this life was preferable.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • Till there is a place Where gamekeepers are not, My house shall not stay In any spot.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (December 1884) » by Various
  • There it paused, for no gamekeepers, or traps, or cruel boys were to be found there.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (December 1884) » by Various
  • The start is in the morning, in a party accompanied by the gamekeepers.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
  • I went hunting with no company but the two hundred gamekeepers for the battue.
  • Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau
  • A good book for gamekeepers on trapping is still a great desideratum.
  • Extract from : « Dog Breaking » by William Nelson Hutchinson
  • It was in vain that the gamekeepers did their best to catch them.
  • Extract from : « The Maid of Sker » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • So I had to rely on myself alone, and Jerry Toms, and two gamekeepers.
  • Extract from : « The Maid of Sker » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • The gamekeepers 284 take the greatest pride in the rearing of these birds.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Entertaining » by M. E. W. Sherwood

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