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• n  someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)

• Clinton and Summers paused for a lengthy chat, though well out of earshot, in front of the Rose Garden as a White House groundskeeper watered the flowers with a leaky garden hose.
• Then, according to court documents, a cemetery groundskeeper told administrators that while digging in a remote section of the cemetery covered with weeds and high soil, he'd .
• Donning a lion mask and faux-ermine cape he begins to think of himself as "the groundskeeper.

• groundsman
• groundkeeper

News & Articles

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• Sound Off: We want to sleep in
  It's 6:45 a.m. and the groundskeeper at the Watervliet Elementary School is mowing the lawn. Yes, 6:45 a.m. Are you kidding me? How about a little consideration for the neighborhood?
  June 21, 2013 - The Troy Record
• First pitch: Krauss joins Astros for Cubs series; rain delay at Wrigley Field
  CHICAGO — The Astros’ first contest during a three-game interleague series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field may not start on time. The infield tarp was rolled out at 12:15 p.m. Friday and the clubs canceled batting practice before a 1:10 p.m. game. Astros manager Bo Porter was informed a quick, hard rain is expected. “(The groundskeeper) said when it hits it’s going to be hard; it’s going to be ...
  June 21, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
• Booher: Phipps still hurting after lost weekend
  The groundskeeper of Hammons Field sat in the first-base dugout Wednesday, and talked about all that went wrong over a rainy and lost weekend.
  June 20, 2013 - The Springfield News-Leader

Quotes

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• Art Shell in USA Today
  It shouldn't be like that,Shell said. "Every organization should be here on the same page, from the bottom up, from the groundskeeper on up. Everybody should be on the same page, trying to do the right things, trying to help this...
• Tim Welke in Cherry Hill Courier Post
  What we look for as umpires in the integrity of the mound and the batter's box, and that was never compromised until the end,umpire crew chief Tim Welke said. "Due to the velocity of the rain, (head groundskeeper) Mike (Boekholder) and his...
• John Limniatis in The Gazette (Montreal)
  Streamers are nothing,Limniatis said. "I've seen fans throw bottles of urine and coins. When I was playing in Greece, the groundskeeper would collect all the coins on the field the day