different between keeper vs vigilante
keeper
English
Etymology
From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ki?p?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ki?p?/
- Rhymes: -i?p?(r)
Noun
keeper (plural keepers)
- One who keeps something.
- (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
- 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
- "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
- 2005, Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101,
- When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.
- 2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28,
- We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.
- 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
- (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- discreet; chaste; keepers at home
- 1971, H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man
- I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives […]
- A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
- c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
- Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.
- 1878, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening (volume 35, page 331)
- And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.
- c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- peeker
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English keeper.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kee?per
- Rhymes: -ip?r
Noun
keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)
- (sports) keeper, goalie
Synonyms
- doelman
- doelvrouw
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: keeper
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vigilante
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?d???lænti/, /v?d???l??nte?/
Noun
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
- A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- vigilantism
- digilante
Translations
Anagrams
- genitival
French
Adjective
vigilante
- feminine singular of vigilant
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Verb
vigilante
- present participle of vigilare
Adjective
vigilante (plural vigilanti)
- vigilant, watchful, alert
- Synonyms: vigile, attento
Related terms
- vigilanza
- vigilare
Noun
vigilante m or f (plural vigilanti)
- security guard
- vigilante
Latin
Participle
vigilante
- ablative masculine singular of vigil?ns
- ablative feminine singular of vigil?ns
- ablative neuter singular of vigil?ns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Adjective
vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes, comparable)
- vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)
Derived terms
- vigilantemente
Related terms
- vigilância
- vigilar
Noun
vigilante m, f (plural vigilantes)
- a person whose job is to watch over something
Further reading
- “vigilante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.
Adjective
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
- watchful, alert, wakeful
Noun
vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)
- guard, watchman
- Synonym: guarda
Derived terms
Related terms
- vigilancia
- vigilar
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vigilante
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bid?i?lante/
Noun
vigilante
- vigilante
- a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.
Related terms
- salvage
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