Noun

(en noun)

A member of an army, of any rank.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I am a soldier and unapt to weep.

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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

*2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal

*:Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.

A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier .

A guardsman.

A member of the Salvation Army.

A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.

A term of affection for a young boy.

Someone who fights or toils well.

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini ).

One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

Noun

(en noun)

One who keeps something.

Finders keepers ; losers weepers.

(slang) A person or thing worth keeping.

You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper .

* 2005 , , Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101,

When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper .

* 2008 , Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children , page 28,

We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper .

* 2008 , Sherri Erwin, Naughty Or Nice , page 247,

"Fine," I agreed. “But, Josh, my sister and I can handle it. You sit, watch football with the guys.”

“I would rather stick close to you. Besides, I love cleaning up.”

“I knew he was a keeper ,” Gran said.

A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

* Bible

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper ?

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(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.

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A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.

(American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

* Bible, Titus ii. 5

discreet; chaste; keepers at home

* 1971 , H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man

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

A fruit that keeps well.

* Downing

The Roxbury Russet is a good keeper .