gatekeeper

gate·keep·er

 (gāt′kē′pər)

n.

1. One that is in charge of passage through a gate.

2. One who monitors or oversees the actions of others.

3. One who controls access to something, such as information or services: publishers as gatekeepers.

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gatekeeper

(ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə)

n

1. a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it

2. (Animals) any of several Eurasian butterflies of the genus Pyronia, esp P. tithonus, having brown-bordered orange wings with a black-and-white eyespot on each forewing: family Satyridae

3. (Commerce) a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies

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gate•keep•er

(ˈgeɪtˌki pər)

n.

1. a person in charge of a gate, usu. to supervise the traffic or flow through it.

2. a person or thing that controls entrance or access: a gatekeeper for a busy executive.

3. a guardian; monitor: the gatekeepers of Western culture.

[1565–75]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gatekeeper - someone who controls access to something; "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	gatekeeper - someone who guards an entrance   doorman, hall porter, door guard, ostiary, porter, doorkeeper commissionaire - a uniformed doorman guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone night porter - a porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket taker - someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets

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Translations

portier

portiereportinaio

porteiro

gatekeeper

[ˈgeɪtˌkiːpəʳ] N → portero/a m/f

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gatekeeper

[ˈgeɪtkiːpə^r] n → gardien/ienne m/fgate money n (mainly British) → recette f

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