Dictionary

gamekeeper en · NOUN

Etymology

From game + keeper.

Meanings

1. A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
   • The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force." 1960 March 14, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208:

Forms

Coordinates

game warden

Deriveds

poacher turned gamekeeper · undergamekeeper

Hypernyms

keeper[Appendix:Glossary · person

Relateds

game keeper · game-keeper · gameland

Translations (34)

it guardacaccia (person employed to maintain the game) · ro pădurar (person employed to maintain the game) · hu vadőr (person employed to maintain the game) · bg лесничей (person employed to maintain the game) · pt guarda-caça (person employed to maintain the game) · es guardacaza (person employed to maintain the game) · mk ловочу́вар (person employed to maintain the game) · es guardabosque (person employed to maintain the game) · hy անտառապահ (person employed to maintain the game) · pms guardacassa (person employed to maintain the game) · cs hajný (person employed to maintain the game) · nl jachtopzichter (person employed to maintain the game) · pl gajowy (person employed to maintain the game) · pt monteiro (person employed to maintain the game) · ka დამცველი (person employed to maintain the game) · nl jachtopziener (person employed to maintain the game) · fr garde-chasse (person employed to maintain the game) · sv viltvårdare (person employed to maintain the game) · de Wildhüter (person employed to maintain the game) · nl jachtmeester (person employed to maintain the game) · de Wildhüterin (person employed to maintain the game) · sh lovočuvar (person employed to maintain the game) · ka ეგერი (person employed to maintain the game) · es alimañero (person employed to maintain the game) · ro paznic de vânătoare (person employed to maintain the game) · fi riistanhoitaja (person employed to maintain the game) · pl leśniczy (person employed to maintain the game) · ka მეტყევე (person employed to maintain the game) · ru е́герь (person employed to maintain the game) · pl łowczy (person employed to maintain the game) · it guardiacaccia (person employed to maintain the game) · pt couteiro (person employed to maintain the game) · enm warenner (person employed to maintain the game) · ru лесни́к (person employed to maintain the game)