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Noun: gatekeeper  'geyt,kee-pu(r)
  1. Someone who controls access to something
    "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief"
     
  2. Someone who guards an entrance
    - doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, ostiary

Derived forms: gatekeepers

Type of: guard, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Gatekeeper

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