1. a person employed to breed and protect game animals and birds on a private estate

Examples

• The gamekeeper patrolled the woods to prevent poaching.
• She worked as a gamekeeper on the lord’s estate for twenty years.
• The gamekeeper released pheasants into the wild before hunting season.
• Local gamekeepers monitor the deer population carefully.
• The gamekeeper’s cottage was located at the edge of the forest.
• He trained as a gamekeeper after studying wildlife management.