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gatekeeper definition

gate·keeper (gāt′kēp′ər)

noun

  1. a person in charge of a gate to control passage through it
    also gateman gate′·man (-mən)
  2. any person or thing that controls access or otherwise regulates

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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