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zookeeper

zookeeper

9 3.0
A person who takes care of animals in a zoo
  • noun
  • /ˈzuːˌkɪpər/
translation icon : cuidador de zoológico
  • As the zookeeper carefully cleaned the animal enclosures, the children watched in awe.
  • zookeeper feeds
  • watched the zookeeper
  • zookeeper said

Examples

  • Roy and Silo nurtured the egg until it hatched, and zookeepers named the baby girl, Tango.

    Blog text (5)

  • I asked the zookeeper what it was

    Wrecking Ball (2020)

  • He's the best zookeeper we ever had.

    Zookeeper (2011)

  • Seals dive off artificial rocks into a pool of murky water. They resurface, barking as a zookeeper rewards them with fish.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Zookeeper Kathy D'Andrea says the zoo has created the closest thing to an African rainforest outside of Africa.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The zookeeper feeds the lions every morning to ensure they stay healthy.

  • After years of studying animal care, she finally became a zookeeper at the local zoo.

Synonyms

zoo keeper
vszookeeper
1 2.0

A person who cares for animals in a zoo and looks after their homes

is the single-word modern spelling for that job
carer
vszookeeper
  • UK
2.9

A person who feeds and looks after animals, for example in a shelter or zoo

focuses on managing and caring for animals specifically in a zoo

How Senior

head
∞ 2.2
curator
79 6.1
zookeeper
9 3.0
volunteer
7 3.5

Surface Forms

zookeeper singular
zookeepers plural

Morphology

zookeeper = zoo + keeper (transparent) = zoo + keeper

Clear compound of 'zoo' + 'keeper' whose meaning is directly the person who keeps animals at a zoo.

Etymology

Zookeeper comes from the two parts zoo (from Greek zoon 'animal') and keeper 'one who looks after'. So a zookeeper is literally someone who looks after animals in a zoo.