Keeper vs. Weeper
Keepernoun
One who keeps something.
Keepernoun
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
Keepernoun
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
Keepernoun
(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
Keepernoun
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.
Keepernoun
(American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Keepernoun
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
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A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
Keepernoun
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
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One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
Keepernoun
One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property;
Keepernoun
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
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A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place;
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A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
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An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.
Keepernoun
someone in charge of other people;
Keepernoun
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
Weepernoun
A person who weeps.
Weepernoun
A hired mourner.
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A pleurant.
Weepernoun
A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
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A weeping tree.
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A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
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A crape hatband.
Weepernoun
A widow's crape veil.
Weepernoun
One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
Weepernoun
A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.
Weepernoun
The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a).
Weepernoun
a person who weeps
Weepernoun
a hired mourner
