keeper

One that keeps, especially.

An attendant, a guard, or a warden.

One that has the charge or care of something.

A goalkeeper.

A play made by the quarterback who keeps the ball after it is snapped and then runs with it.

One that is worth keeping, especially a fish large enough to be legally caught.

In cricket, a wicket-keeper or stumper.

One who keeps, observes, or obeys.

One who has the charge or keeping of anything; a caretaker; a custodian: often forming the second element of a compound: as, the keeper of the seals; a house keeper; a game keeper.