GAMEKEEPER
NOUNS – PERSON
► GAMEKEEPER a person employed, esp. on an estate, to manage game birds and animals, prevent poaching, and carry out related duties → 1645
► GAME WARDEN a warden charged with the supervision of game and hunting in a particular area; a gamekeeper → 1876 orig. US
► GAME-WATCHER a gamekeeper → 1894 Sc.
► GAMEY ► GAMIE a gamekeeper → 1842 Sc.
► GARDE CHAMPÊTRE a rural policeman; a gamekeeper (French ‘rural guard’) → 1814
► GEMKEEPER a gamekeeper → 1894 Sc.
► GEMMIE a familiar name for a gamekeeper → 1866 Sc.
► LOBS an under-gamekeeper → M19 sl.
► VELVETEEN a gamekeeper, who commonly wore velveteen clothes → 1857
► WALKER a keeper or ranger who had a specified ‘walk’ in the forest; a gamekeeper → 1481 obs.
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