dog-keeper
1. One who keeps dogs; spec. a man appointed to take charge of a pack of dogs.
| 1679–88 Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 82 For building a little house in St. James's Park for the dogkeeper, and a kennell for the dogs. 1704 Swift T. Tub ii, It was written by a dog-keeper of my grandfather's. 1870 B. Clayton (title) The Dog-Keeper's Guide. |
† 2. A watch-dog. Obs.
| 1576 Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs in Arb. Garner III. 254 The Dog Keeper..doth not only keep farmers' houses; but also merchants' mansions. |