noun
- a person employed to scare away crows and other birds from crops; a scarecrow or bird-scarer
Usage: archaic or historical; chiefly British
Examples
- The farmer hired a crowkeeper to protect his grain fields during harvest season.
- In medieval times, a crowkeeper was an essential worker on large estates.
- The old crowkeeper stood motionless in the field, dressed in tattered clothes.
- Young boys sometimes took on the role of crowkeeper to earn a few coins.
- The crowkeeper's job was to make noise and movement to frighten away birds.