A keeper; as custos brevium, the principal clerk of the common pleas; custos rotulorum, keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
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A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.
Custos rotulorum
Encyclopedia Britannica
CUSTOS ROTULORUM, in England, is one of the justices of the peace, and keeper of the records for the county. He nominates the clerk of the peace. He is described by Lambard as a “man for the most part especially picked out either for wisdom, countenance, or credit.” He is nominated by the royal sign-manual.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 730
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Keeper Roget’s Thesaurus §753
N. keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard, watchdog, watchman, charley, chokidar, durwan, hayward, sentry, sentinel, watch and ward, concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper, escort, bodyguard, protector, governor, duenna, guardian, governess, nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah
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