HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Keeper may refer to:


People

* Keeper (surname) *
Archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consi ...
*
Beekeeper A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees. Beekeepers are also called honey farmers, apiarists, or less commonly, apiculturists (both from the Latin '' apis'', bee; cf. apiary). The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees i ...
* Gamekeeper * Gatekeeper *
Greenkeeper A Greenskeeper (or Course Superintendent) is a person responsible for the care and upkeep of a golf course or a sports turf playing surface. Work description and duties A greenskeeper maintains a golf course's or country club's grounds. Thi ...
* Keeper of the Privy Purse * Keeper of the Royal Archives *
Legal guardian A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant to the personal and property interests of another person who is deemed incompetent, call ...
* Lighthouse keeper * Museum curator * Prison warden * Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh * Zookeeper


Sports

*
Goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...
, a player who protects a goal *
Quarterback keeper A quarterback keeper or keeper in American football is a designed play in which the quarterback does not pass or hand off the ball to another player and instead rushes forward with it in an effort to gain yardage. The play typically is run in in ...
, a slang term for a play in American football *
Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...
, a position in cricket


Literature

* '' Keeper: Living with Nancy'', a 2009 biographical book by Andrea Gillies * ''Keeper'' (Peet novel), a 2003 sports novel by Mal Peet * ''Keeper'' (Appelt novel), a 2010 novel by Kathi Appelt


Video games

* In '' Homeworld 2'', Keepers are deadly destroyers built by the ancient Progenitors * In ''Thief'' (series) games, a Keeper is a member of a secret society who are charged with "keeping the balance" of power even within The City * The Keepers (''Mass Effect''), a fictional artificial species from the BioWare game ''Mass Effect'' * Keepers, an artificial life-forms that protect the Earth in the Nintendo game '' Sin & Punishment: Star Successor'' * The Keeper, a playable character in the game '' The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'' introduced in the Afterbirth DLC


Other

* ''Keeper'' (film), a 2015 film * Keeper (chemistry) a small quantity of solvent added in an evaporative procedure to prevent analyte loss * ''The Keepers'', English title of ''
Head Against the Wall ''Head Against the Wall'' (french: La Tête contre les murs) is a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju which stars Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; ...
'', a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju * Keeper (password manager) *
Keeper Hill Keeper Hill or Slievekimalta ()Slievekimalta or Keeper Hill
Quidditch from Harry Potter, a position that defends the goal hoops * Keeper (Transformers), a comics character * Keeper, see Drakh, a parasitic creature in the universe of ''Babylon 5'' * Magnet keeper * Menstrual cup * Strike plate of a door latch * Keeper, a space wizard from the TV show '' Dino Charge'' * Keeper, a slang term for a romantic partner of either sex who has shown the attributes of someone worth hanging on to in a relationship * Keeper is one English translation for the Arabic '' Khasadar'', who are/were a Pakistani government funded but locally recruited security force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


See also

* Goalkeeper (disambiguation) * Keepers (disambiguation) *
The Keeper (disambiguation) The Keeper, or its plural The Keepers, may refer to: Films * ''The Keepers'' (1959 film), English-language release of French film '' La Tête contre les murs'' * ''The Keeper'' (1976 film), starring Christopher Lee * '' The Keeper of Traken'', a ...
{{disambiguation