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gatekeeper

gate keep er |ˈgātˌkēpər ˈɡeɪtˌkipər | noun an attendant at a gate who is employed to control who goes through it. a person or thing that controls access to something: the primary-care doctor serves as the gatekeeper to specialists.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gatekeeper

gate |keep ¦er |ˈgeɪtkiːpə | noun 1 (also gateman ) an attendant employed to control who goes through a gate. a person or thing that controls access to something: GPs can act as gatekeepers, filtering demands made on hospital services. 2 an orange and brown European butterfly with small eyespots on the wings, frequenting hedgerows and woods. Also called hedge brown. Pyronia tithonus, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. DERIVATIVES gatekeeping noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gatekeeper

g te k eper 名詞 C 1 門番, 門衛 .2 (企業の )仕入れ品 [先 ]管理者 .3 (企業の )お客様窓口 .