"gatekeeper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪt.kiː.pə/ [UK], /ˈɡeɪt.ki.pɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gatekeeper.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-gatekeeper.wav [US] Forms: gatekeepers [plural]
Etymology: From gate + keeper. Etymology templates: {{com|en|gate|keeper}} gate + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} gatekeeper (plural gatekeepers)
  1. A person or group who controls access to something or somebody. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gatekeeper-en-noun-SoJUMm2a Disambiguation of People: 30 15 3 33 19
  2. A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who guards or monitors passage through a gate): πυλωρός (pulōrós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), purtar [masculine] (Aromanian), портиер (portier) [masculine] (Bulgarian), porter [masculine] (Catalan), portera [feminine] (Catalan), vrátný [masculine] (Czech), vrátná [feminine] (Czech), poortwachter [masculine] (Dutch), poortwachtster [feminine] (Dutch), portier [masculine] (Dutch), portinvartija (Finnish), porttivahti (Finnish), gardien [masculine] (French), gardienne [feminine] (French), porteiro [masculine] (Galician), მეკარე (meḳare) (Georgian), კარისმცველი (ḳarismcveli) (Georgian), Torwächter (German), Torwächterin [feminine] (German), Torwächter [masculine, plural] (German), Torwächterinnen [feminine, plural] (German), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (daurawards) [masculine] (Gothic), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 (daurawarda) [feminine] (Gothic), geatóir [masculine] (Irish), guardiano [masculine] (Italian), guardiana [feminine] (Italian), custode [feminine, masculine] (Italian), portiere [masculine] (Italian), portiera [feminine] (Italian), portinaio [masculine] (Italian), portinaia [feminine] (Italian), dergevan (Northern Kurdish), دربان (darbān) [singular] (Persian), porteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), porteira [feminine] (Portuguese), portar [masculine] (Romanian), portăreasă [feminine] (Romanian), portero [masculine] (Spanish), portera [feminine] (Spanish), bawabu (Swahili), grindvakt [common-gender] (Swedish), bantay-pinto (Tagalog), yenmeᵤ (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-gatekeeper-en-noun-IQeP9VK4 Disambiguation of People: 30 15 3 33 19 Disambiguation of 'person who guards or monitors passage through a gate': 15 76 0 2 7
  3. A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
    Sense id: en-gatekeeper-en-noun-aOByjXKM
  4. (psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities. Categories (topical): Psychology, Multiplicity (psychology), People Categories (lifeform): Satyrine butterflies
    Sense id: en-gatekeeper-en-noun-g4T4JCyC Disambiguation of Multiplicity (psychology): 6 4 8 70 12 Disambiguation of People: 30 15 3 33 19 Disambiguation of Satyrine butterflies: 6 7 17 50 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 14 52 22 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  5. One who gatekeeps. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gatekeeper-en-noun-BawDWccR Disambiguation of People: 30 15 3 33 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gatekeeperism

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or group who controls access to something or somebody."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946 January and February, G. A. Sekon, “The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section”, in Railway Magazine, page 15",
          "text": "At each station is a level crossing, in addition to others away from stations, and, as both the road and rail traffic are heavy, the gatekeepers (mostly signalmen) are quite busy and have acquired well-merited mention for reducing delays to road traffic to a minimum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ],
        [
          "eyespot",
          "eyespot"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "Nymphalidae",
          "Nymphalidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "dissociative identity disorder",
          "dissociative identity disorder"
        ],
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ],
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ],
        [
          "identities",
          "identities"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who gatekeeps."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gatekeep",
          "gatekeep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡeɪt.kiː.pə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡeɪt.ki.pɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-gatekeeper.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-gatekeeper.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-gatekeeper.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "portier",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "портиер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrátný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vrátná"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poortwachter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poortwachtster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "portinvartija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "porttivahti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gardien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gardienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meḳare",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "მეკარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳarismcveli",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "კარისმცველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "Torwächter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Torwächterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Torwächter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Torwächterinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "daurawards",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "daurawarda",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pulōrós",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πυλωρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geatóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "custode"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portiere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portinaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portinaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "dergevan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darbān",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "دربان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porteira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portăreasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "bawabu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grindvakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "bantay-pinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "person who guards or monitors passage through a gate",
      "word": "yenmeᵤ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gatekeeper"
}

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