Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who takes care of animals in a zoo.
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- noun a person employed at a
zoo to attend to theanimals
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Examples
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. STEWART: But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesnt say bad monkey ...
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. STEWART: But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesnt say bad monkey ...
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. STEWART: But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesnt say bad monkey ...
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. STEWART: But, when the zookeeper is standing right there and he doesnt say bad monkey ...
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. STEWART: But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesnt say bad monkey ...
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The zookeeper is trying to kick this thing off and it's going crazy.
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The zookeeper is trying to kick this thing off and it's going crazy.
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Of course, Popper has a sort of 101 Dalmatians relationship with the penguins, and the Cruella De Vil figure is the guy from the zoo who wants to take them into care – although there is something uncomfortable in the way this film has to configure the zookeeper as the villain.
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The screenplay moved the zoo to California and created the role of a heroine for Johansson, who plays zookeeper Kelly.
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Andrew stands next to Bobby-Jo, his zookeeper/awesome photographer (and long-time) girlfriend.
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