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gatekeeper
[ geyt-kee-per ]
noun
- a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic that flows through it.
- a person or thing that controls access, as to information, often acting as an arbiter of quality or legitimacy: An open internet allows innovators to bypass traditional gatekeepers and promote their work on its own merit. Compare influencer ( def 2 ).
Treating office gatekeepers with respect will improve your chances of scheduling a face-to-face meeting or job interview.
An open internet allows innovators to bypass traditional gatekeepers and promote their work on its own merit.
- a guardian; monitor:
the gatekeepers of Western culture.
gatekeeper
/ ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə /
noun
- a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it
- 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
- a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies
Word History and Origins
Origin of gatekeeper1
Example Sentences
A boy needs his dad to be the initiating gatekeeper to a dog-eat-dog world!
One of Criteo’s proposals to provide more balance in the cookieless targeting and measurement process is to set up an “independent gatekeeper” such as a cloud service provider or SSP to “provide people more control and transparency,” said Blanchard.
One of Criteo’s proposals is to set up an “independent gatekeeper” such as a cloud service provider or server side platform to “provide people more control and transparency,” said Blanchard.
Specifically he has been thinking about he and others learned how to use the web to get around gatekeepers like the big, traditional media companies and inadvertently “opened a kind of Pandora’s box,” he said.
Wisecracks like “Protesters storm parliament in this former British colony” flew thick and fast worldwide, highlighting the irony of a putsch in a country that sees itself as the global gatekeeper of democratic propriety.
But when I arrive at the entrance, the timid gatekeeper tells me—without explanation—that I can no longer speak with him.
First, Bradey met with Elizabeth Hawley, the gatekeeper of Everest records.
As the gatekeeper to Battery Park, Mike will likely have to deal with hundreds of fuming tourists each day.
The chief of staff is the gatekeeper, which translates into a great deal of power, but far from absolute.
She served as a gatekeeper and adviser, friend and designer wrangler.
The gatekeeper assured us that a thousand visitors on a single day was not an uncommon occurrence.
Before I reached the Temple the gates had been closed, and the gatekeeper, as I entered, eyed me with an unpleasant curiosity.
The portly gatekeeper smiled pleasantly as he stood looking after his master.
A gatekeeper on one of the German railways kept a goat, and one day, when his wife was ill, he went himself to milk it.
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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