Antonyms for gamekeepers
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : geym-kee-per |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪmˌki pər |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for gamekeepers
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