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Meanings of gatekeeper in English

Portuguese
porteiro
Catalan
conserge
Spanish
portero
Wikidata

Someone who guards an entrance.

porteiro
Usage of gatekeeper in English
1
The tortoise now went in front, and speaking to the gatekeeper, said:
Japanese Fairy Tales
2
The gatekeeper grunted and pushed back among us to the open gate.
Conrad’s Fate
3
Our results highlight the gatekeeper role of VHL in the kidney epithelium.
Pubmed
4
He'd been the Hold's gatekeeper for as long as she could remember.
Night of Knives
5
I bribed the gatekeeper, and got into the grounds of Rosendale Manor.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
6
The theory of 'gatekeeper' residues has been proposed to explain the nucleotide-specificity.
Pubmed
7
The gatekeeper stayed outside, the carriage drew up, the gentleman had arrived.
Memorials of the Faithful
8
The portly gatekeeper smiled pleasantly as he stood looking after his master.
Greifenstein
9
I'm not so much a gatekeeper as a vinous night club bouncer.
The Guardian
10
The man who acted as gatekeeper and general office manager for Torchwood.
Slow decay
11
Diana sneaked out with the gatekeeper's mongrels and now something is wrong.
Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger
12
There was a bunching there, as a frightened gatekeeper fumbled for keys.
Vlad. The Last Confession
13
Selling directly to the consumer via the internet means there is no gatekeeper.
Reuters
14
In ye olde days the music journalist operated as a type of gatekeeper.
The Irish Times
15
For rivals, the case centres on Google's role as a central online gatekeeper.
Reuters
16
The exam no longer stands as sole gatekeeper to third-level education.
The Irish Times
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Translations for gatekeeper
Portuguese
porteiro
Gatekeeper through the time
Gatekeeper across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common