harborer

noun

Definition of harborernext
as in saver

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  1. keeper
  2. warden
  3. watch
  4. sentinel
  5. watchman
Noun
  • D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.
    Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
Definition of keeper
Noun
  • Prosecutors say Allen actually confessed over 60 times to the killings while in prison, to his wife, his mother, family members, the prison warden, the psychologist who treated him in prison, other prison employees and other inmates.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her attorneys have filed a motion accusing the prison warden of disregarding a lawful order by not releasing her yet.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
Definition of warden
Noun
  • The news of Trump's win in Kentucky was met with cheers and applause at a Republican watch party Tuesday night in Louisville at The Henry Clay, a downtown event venue.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Meyers also joked about having gone to an election watch party.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of watch
Noun
  • Seems dolphins are one of the major biological sentinels of our plastic pollution.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • But it’s had many lives: a residence for noble families, a Nazarene college, a sentinel of resilience that resisted Napoleonic invasions and endured the dark days of Nazi rule.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of sentinel
Noun
  • Following an altercation—one that a 911 dispatcher urged the overly zealous neighborhood watchman to avoid—Martin lay on the ground, shot dead by a single bullet that traversed his heart and lung.
    Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Something for New Yorkers to keep in mind while watching their watchmen ahead of next year’s city elections.
    Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Definition of watchman
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