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gatekeeper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gatekeeper has 2 senses
- gatekeeper(n = noun.person) Array - someone who controls access to something; "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- gatekeeper(n = noun.person) door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter - someone who guards an entrance; Array has particulars: commissionaire, night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker
is a kind of guard
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gatekeeper, n.
1 an attendant at a gate, controlling entrance and exit.
2 any of several large brown species of butterfly, esp. Maniola tithonus, frequenting hedgerows and woodland.
1 an attendant at a gate, controlling entrance and exit.
2 any of several large brown species of butterfly, esp. Maniola tithonus, frequenting hedgerows and woodland.
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