keeper

Definition

One who keeps (retains) something.

Etymology

From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.

Example Sentences

• "Finders keepers; losers weepers."
• "discreet; chaste; keepers at home"
• "I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives[…]"