gatekeeper
nounEtymology
From gate + keeper.
- inherited from kepere
Definitions
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
- The sources the citations are drawn from are significant, being printed books or newspapers subject to editorial processes and gatekeepers of language standards, as opposed to unedited texts such as blogs, chatroom logs or student writing.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
- […]“Here,” he said, stepping forward and handing twopence to the gatekeeper; “let the young woman pass.”
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family…
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
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In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to…
In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
One who gatekeeps.
A provider of core platform services with specific characteristics (Regulation (EU)…
A provider of core platform services with specific characteristics (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gatekeeper. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA