gatekeeper
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gatekeeper
- /ˈɡeɪtˌkiː.pə/ UK
- /ˈɡeɪtˌki.pəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From gate + keeper.
noun gatekeepers
- 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 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 common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
- 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) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
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noun person who guards or monitors passage through a gate
| Español | portero, portera |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | bawabu |
| Português | porteiro, porteira |
| Français | gardien, gardienne |
| Deutsch | Torwächter, Torwächterin, Torwächterinnen |
| Italiano | guardiano, guardiana, custode, portiere, portiera, portinaio |
| Română | portar, portăreasă |
noun provider of platform services with specific characteristics
| Ελληνικά | πυλωρός pylorós |
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Talk about this word "gatekeeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gatekeeper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gatekeeper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeeper "gatekeeper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeeper.
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@misc{gatekeeper_2026,
title = {gatekeeper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeeper},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
