gamekeeper

See also: game keeper and game-keeper

English

Alternative forms

• game keeper, game-keeper

Etymology

From game +‎ keeper.

Noun

gamekeeper (plural gamekeepers)

1. A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.

Derived terms

• poacher turned gamekeeper

Translations

person employed to maintain the game

• Armenian: անտառապահ (hy) (antaṙapah)
• Bulgarian: лесничей (bg) m (lesničej)
• Czech: hajný (cs) m
• Dutch: jachtopzichter (nl) m, jachtopziener (nl) m, jachtmeester (nl) m
• Finnish: riistanhoitaja
• French: garde-chasse (fr) m or f
• Georgian: დამცველი (damcveli), მეტყევე (meṭq̇eve), ეგერი (egeri)
• German: Wildhüter m, Wildhüterin f
• Hungarian: vadőr (hu)
• Italian: guardacaccia (it) m, guardiacaccia (it) m
• Macedonian: ловочу́вар m (lovočúvar)
• Middle English: warenner
• Piedmontese: guardacassa m
• Portuguese: couteiro (pt) m, guarda-caça m or f, monteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: paznic de vânătoare m, pădurar (ro) m
• Russian: е́герь (ru) m (jégerʹ), лесни́к (ru) m (lesník)
• Serbo-Croatian: lovočuvar (sh) m
• Spanish: guardabosque (es) m or f, alimañero (es) m, guardacaza m
• Swedish: viltvårdare c