Associations to the word «Gatekeeper»

Wiktionary

GATEKEEPER, noun. A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate
GATEKEEPER, noun. A person or group who controls access to something or somebody
GATEKEEPER, noun. A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the Nymphalidae family.

Dictionary definition

GATEKEEPER, noun. Someone who controls access to something; "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief".
GATEKEEPER, noun. Someone who guards an entrance.

Wise words

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