keeper (noun)

someone in charge of other people

"am I my brother's keeper?"

custodian, keeper, steward (noun)

one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

keeper (Noun)

One who keeps.

keeper (Noun)

A person or thing worth keeping.

keeper (Noun)

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

keeper (Noun)

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

keeper (Noun)

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.

keeper (Noun)

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

Keeper

Keeper is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2003. It was Peet's first novel and the first of three football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato, tells his life story. Peet won the Branford Boase Award, recognising the year's best debut novel for children. Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005. Danish and Hungarian-language translations were also published that year and followed by German, Italian, and Spanish-language editions.