Keeper, one who has the care, custody, or possession of a thing or person: “give us kind --s, heavens,” Tp. III, 3, 20. “thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy k.” Shr. V, 2, 146. “thou art his k.” John III, 3, 64. “k. of the king,” H6C II, 1, 111. thou'lt go, strong thief (viz gold) “when gouty --s of thee cannot stand,” Tim. IV, 3, 46. Especially 1) one who has the care of a prison or a prisoner, a gaoler: LLL I, 1, 306. Wint. II, 2, 1. H6A II, 5, 17. H6A II, 5, 17 R3 I, 4, 66 (Ff ah k., k. Qq O Brakenbury). R3 I, 4, 66 Tim. I, 2, 69. IV, 3, 46 (quibbling). V, 1, 187. 2) an attendant on a patient: H4B I, 1, 143. H6A II, 5, 1. Rom. V, 3, 89. 3) one who has the care of a park: Wiv. I, 1, 116. IV, 4, 29. H6C III, 1, 22. Tit. II, 1, 94. 4) one who tends a beast: the ape doth (imitate) “his k.” LLL IV, 2, 131. to make her come (the hawk) “and know her --'s call,” Shr. IV, 1, 197. 5) the superintendent of a tenniscourt: H4B II, 2, 21.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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