keeper

One who keeps (retains) something.

One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.

A person or thing worth keeping.

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

The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.

At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.

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.

A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.

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

Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).