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gate·keep·er

(gāt′kē′pər)

1. One that is in charge of passage through a gate.

2. One who monitors or oversees the actions of others.

3. One who controls access to something, such as information or services: publishers as gatekeepers.

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gatekeeper

(ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə)

1. a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it

2. (Animals) any of several Eurasian butterflies of the genus Pyronia, esp P. tithonus, having brown-bordered orange wings with a black-and-white eyespot on each forewing: family Satyridae

3. (Commerce) a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies

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gate•keep•er

(ˈgeɪtˌki pər)

n.

1. a person in charge of a gate, usu. to supervise the traffic or flow through it.

2. a person or thing that controls entrance or access: a gatekeeper for a busy executive.

3. a guardian; monitor: the gatekeepers of Western culture.

[1565–75]

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Noun	1.	gatekeeper - someone who controls access to something; "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	gatekeeper - someone who guards an entrance doorman, hall porter, door guard, ostiary, porter, doorkeeper commissionaire - a uniformed doorman guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone night porter - a porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket taker - someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets

Translations

portier

portiere portinaio

porteiro

gatekeeper

[ˈgeɪtˌkiːpəʳ] N → portero/a m/f

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gatekeeper

[ˈgeɪtkiːpə^r] n → gardien/ienne m/fgate money n (mainly British) → recette f

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"Open!" echoed the gatekeeper, from the threshold of his lodge; "it's all very well to say 'Open!' but what am I to do it with?"

I am indeed very much grieved," said the gatekeeper, rushing towards the carriage; "but, upon my sacred word, the key has been taken from me."

And whilst the servant was turning round the vehicle the Grand Pensionary said to the gatekeeper, --

"Alas!" said the gatekeeper, "do you see down there?"

sir," said the gatekeeper, "do you bring me the key?"

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The gatekeeper was surly, and put him through a catechism, but he insisted that he knew nothing, and as he had taken the precaution to seal his letter, there was nothing for the gatekeeper to do but send it to the person to whom it was addressed.

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Beyond the gatekeeper he came to a slowly moving line of what to Earthly eyes would have appeared to be conical-nosed, eight-foot projectiles for some giant gun.

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He thought of it and thought of it, until he resolved to steal up the stairs, if the gatekeeper would let him through, and listen.

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He has arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but the gatekeeper, the housekeeper, and the Indian servant.

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An interview with a surly gatekeeper and a surlier foreman, both of whom were appeased with the coin of the realm, put me on the track of Bloxam.

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That reply led to several questions about the king's capture, and Athos gave details so precise and positive that if the gatekeepers had any suspicions they vanished completely.

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At this moment the door was opened quickly, and a messenger, introduced by one of the gatekeepers of the Bastille, gave a letter to the commissary.