Keeper or Keepers may refer to:

People and characters

Persons

Keeper (surname) Keeper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brady Keeper (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Cyril Keeper (born 1943), Canadian politician * Joe Keeper (1886–1971), Canadian long-distance runner * Tina Keeper (born ...

* William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), American novelist and editor

Roles

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 cons ...

Beekeeper A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees, a profession known as beekeeping. The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees in beehives, boxes, or other receptacles. The beekeeper does not control the creatures. The beekeeper ow ...

Gamekeeper In the United Kingdom, a gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside (e.g., areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland) to make sure that there is enough Game (hunting), game for hunting, or fish ...

Gatekeeper A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or status. Gatekeepers assess who is "in or out", in the classic words of manage ...

Greenkeeper A greenskeeper is a person responsible for the upkeep of a golf course. Their duties include all horticultural practices, as well as the setting of flag-sticks and marking of hazards. Other responsibilities typically include raking bunkers, water ...

Keeper of the Privy Purse The Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the King/Queen (or Financial Secretary to the King/Queen) is responsible for the financial management of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, Royal Household of the Monarchy of the United Kingd ...

* 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, ca ...

Lighthouse keeper A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as ...

Museum curator A curator (from , meaning 'to take care') is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular ins ...

Prison warden The warden ( US, Canada) or governor ( UK, Australia), also known as a superintendent (US, South Asia) or director (UK, New Zealand), is the official who is in charge of a prison. Name In the United States, Mexico, and Canada, warden is the m ...

Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Royal status of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is intrinsically linked to the issue of a Royal Warrant to the first Intendant of the Gardens in 1699. Since that date, the appointment of each new Director of RBGE has required the as ...

Zookeeper A zookeeper, sometimes referred as animal keeper, is a person who manages zoo animals that are kept in captivity for conservation or to be displayed to the public.Hurwitz, Jane. Choosing a Career in Animal Care (World of Work). New York: Rosen Gr ...

Sportspeople

Goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), 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 i ...

, 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 In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the ...

, a position in cricket

Fictional characters

* In the game of

Quidditch Quidditch () is a fictional sport invented by author J. K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). In the series, Quidditch is portrayed as a dang ...

from Harry Potter, a position that defends the goal hoops * Keeper (Transformers), a comics character * Keeper, a space wizard from the TV show '' Dino Charge'' * Keeper, see

Drakh There are five dominant civilizations represented on Babylon 5: humans, the Narn, the Centauri, the Minbari and the Vorlons; and several dozen less powerful ones. A number of the less powerful races make up the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, wh ...

, a parasitic creature in the universe of ''Babylon 5''

Videogame characters

* Keepers are deadly destroyers built by the ancient Progenitors, in the ''

Homeworld 2 ''Homeworld 2'' is a real-time strategy video game sequel to '' Homeworld'', developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2003 by now defunct publisher Sierra Entertainment. Its story concerns Hiigara's response to a new enemy called the Vayg ...

'' videogame, * Keepers are members of a secret society who are charged with "keeping the balance" of power even within The City, in the ''Thief'' (series) videogames * Keepers (''Mass Effect'') are a fictional artificial species from the BioWare videogame ''Mass Effect'' * Keepers, an artificial life-forms that protect the Earth in the Nintendo videogame '' Sin & Punishment: Star Successor'' * The Keeper, a playable character in the videogame '' The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'' introduced in the Afterbirth DLC

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 * ''Keepers'' (novel), a 2005 novel written by Gary A. Braunbeck

Music

* "Keeper", a 2022 song by

Tobi Tobi may refer to: Palau * Tobi (island), island in the Palauan state of Hatohobei * Tobian language, the language of Tobi * Hatohobei, an island and the southernmost of Palau's sixteen states Media and entertainment * ''Tobi!'', a 2009 te ...

and Manny Brown * '' Keepers: Greatest Hits'', a Tracy Byrd album * ''Keepers'' (Guy Clark album), 1997 * ''Keepers'', a 1997 album by

Merl Saunders Merl Saunders (February 14, 1934 – October 24, 2008) was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ. Biography Born in San Mateo, California, United States, Saunders attended Poly ...

Film

* ''Keeper'' (2015 film), a French-language drama film directed by Guillaume Senez * ''Keeper'' (2025 film), an American horror film starring Tatiana Maslany * ''Keepers'' (film), also known as ''The Vanishing'', a 2018 British psychological thriller film starring Gerard Butler * ''The Keepers'', English title of ''

Head Against the Wall ''Head Against the Wall'' (), also titled ''The Keepers'', is a 1959 French Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Georges Franju starring Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour. It was ...

'', a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju

Other

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"Keepers" (''Journeyman''), the sixth episode of the first season of the TV show ''Journeyman'' * Keeper (chemistry) a small quantity of solvent added in an evaporative procedure to prevent analyte loss *

Keeper (password manager) Keeper or Keepers may refer to: People and characters Persons * Keeper (surname) * William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), American novelist and editor Roles * Archivist * Beekeeper * Gamekeeper * Gatekeeper * Greenkeeper * Keeper of t ...

Magnet keeper A magnet keeper, also known historically as an armature, is a bar made from magnetically soft iron or steel, which is placed across the poles of a permanent magnet to help preserve the strength of the magnet by completing the magnetic circuit; ...

Menstrual cup A menstrual cup is a feminine hygiene, menstrual hygiene device which is inserted into the vagina during menstruation. Its purpose is to collect menstrual fluid (blood from the uterine lining mixed with other fluids)Menstrual cupsare made of e ...

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of a door latch * Keepers: The Key of Life, a 2006 Russian video game