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How to pronounce gamekeeper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms game warden
Type of custodian, keeper, steward
Has types warrener

Examples of gamekeeper

gamekeeper
The gamekeeper politely informed me that I was intruding on the owner's privacy.
From the newscientist.com
As poacher-gamekeeper conversions go, his was definitely in the gold-medal class.
From the independent.co.uk
On Tuesday a poacher turned gamekeeper exposed this claim for the nonsense it is.
From the independent.co.uk
A gamekeeper sold off $8,600 worth of deer antlers without his employer's permission.
From the nzherald.co.nz
One relative, James Catchpool, was a gamekeeper at Barnham in the early 19th Century.
From the eadt.co.uk
James Lambie, a gamekeeper, admitted he had laid them as bait last summer.
From the newscientist.com
In May 1939, Brown began work on Mound 1, helped by Pretty's gamekeeper and gardener.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Andy is a gamekeeper and he has brought his dogs with him for the week.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
Joseph Taylor, from whom Percy Grainger got Brigg Fair, was a gamekeeper not a shepherd.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
More examples
  • A person employed to take care of game and wildlife
  • A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.
  • The Gamekeeper is a 1980 British drama film directed by Ken Loach. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Season two of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 26, 1998 on Showtime. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. ...
  • A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects
  • The term given by a headhunter to a personnel director, especially one in a company which is a frequent user of search and often used as a poaching ground, particularly in the context of the phenomenon of a poacher-turned-gamekeeper, whereby a search consultant defects to join a company. ...