Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
someone who controls access to something;
- Example: "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief"2.
someone who guards an entrance;
[syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gatekeeper
n 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 [syn: doorkeeper, doorman,
door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper,
ostiary]