Meaning of game-keeper | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“And that I may not aſperſe any unjuſtly, this ſhall be a particular account to the world, what Sir Rob⟳. Honywood, Sir Will. Boſwell, Mr. Gwyn his Secretary (and ſome others his ſervants) what Palmer my Sollicitor, Robinſon my man, one Horne the Fabrick of Leydon, but of Engliſh extraction; as alſo one Saſſe a game-keeper to the Prince of Aurange, with divers other under-inſtruments have⟳ done to ruine me, hoping to wreſt out of my hands thereby either the Honor, or the profit of my performances.”
“The approach⟳ of September brought tidings of Mr. Bertram first in a letter to the game-keeper, and then in a letter to Edmund; […]”
“Then, Alas! any body was company for every body and the first lord of the land⟳ did not think⟳ it shame, faute de mieux, to take⟳ up with the conversation of his butler, or his game-keeper, over a tankard; while the young ladies, faute de tout, danced "Bobbing Joan," with the rest⟳ of the domestics in the servants' hall.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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