Definitions for gatekeeper
ˈgeɪtˌki pərgate·keep·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gatekeepernoun

   someone who controls access to something

   "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief"

2. doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiarynoun

   someone who guards an entrance

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1. gatekeepernoun

   A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate

2. gatekeepernoun

   A person or group who controls access to something or somebody

3. gatekeepernoun

   A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the Nymphalidae family.

4. Etymology: From gate + keeper.

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1. Gatekeeper

   A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or status. Gatekeepers assess who is "in or out", in the classic words of management scholar Kurt Lewin.Various figures in the religions and mythologies of the world serve as gatekeepers of paradisal or infernal realms, granting or denying access to these realms, depending on the credentials of those seeking entry. Figures acting in this capacity may also undertake the status of watchman, interrogator or judge. In the late 20th century the term came into metaphorical use, referring to individuals or bodies that decide whether a given message will be distributed by a mass medium.

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1. gatekeeper

   A gatekeeper is a person, group, or system that controls or regulates access, information, or resources. They hold the responsibility of managing, monitoring, or supervising a particular process or system, with the authority to decide who can have access to it. This term can be used in various contexts, including business, health care, media, technology, and more. It can refer to both literal and metaphorical gates.

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1. Gatekeeper

   A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate. In the late 20th century the term came into metaphorical use, referring to individuals who decide whether a given message will be distributed by a mass medium.

Matched Categories

1. • Guard
   • Person

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce gatekeeper?

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How to say gatekeeper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gatekeeper in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gatekeeper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gatekeeper in a Sentence

1. Stephen Mojzsis:

   Jupiter is a very inefficient gatekeeper, its like a porous border [through which] immigrants from the outer solar system would have flooded the inner solar system.

2. Steven Thomas:

   This jury found that Ernst & Young's job was to try to find this fraud, they were the gatekeeper and didn't do their job.

3. Sheriff Mike Chitwood:

   DJJ, who's the gatekeeper, decides that arson isn't a violent crime, so they're going to return her back to her mother. Well, her mother obviously can't control her, so they placed her into foster care.

4. Gurbir Grewal:

   This action involves breaches of trust by gatekeepers within the gatekeeper entrusted to audit many of our nation's public companies, it's simply outrageous that the very professionals responsible for catching cheating by clients cheated on ethics exams, of all things.

5. Agustin Reyna:

   This self-preferencing provision applies to all gatekeepers, so what if Apple is identified as a gatekeeper [in this context]? Apple would not be able to self-preference its own Apple Music service in detriment of Spotify or other competitors.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gatekeeper
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gatekeeper
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gatekeeper
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=gatekeeper