as in janitor
a person who tends a door
those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope
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Recent Examples of gatekeeper
The check-in desk is tucked off to the side as not to feel like a barrier, and smiley doormen, dressed in the shade of a well-aged Barolo, act as greeters not gatekeepers.
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Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Morgan Wallen, who is among the most popular artists in music, won CMA’s Entertainer of the Year Award — country’s top prize — in absentia, three years after being rebuked by the genre’s gatekeepers.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Monitoring the health of presidents has long been a difficult enterprise, back to the disabling stroke that Woodrow Wilson suffered in 1919; his wife became his gatekeeper.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Building access is about forming genuine connections with other influencers, thought leaders and gatekeepers who already command attention.
—John Knotts, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Morgan Wallen, who is among the most popular artists in music, won CMA’s Entertainer of the Year Award — country’s top prize — in absentia, three years after being rebuked by the genre’s gatekeepers.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Monitoring the health of presidents has long been a difficult enterprise, back to the disabling stroke that Woodrow Wilson suffered in 1919; his wife became his gatekeeper.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Building access is about forming genuine connections with other influencers, thought leaders and gatekeepers who already command attention.
—John Knotts, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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Prosecutors said during the trial that Pankey had been excommunicated after the incident, which also cost him his job there as a janitor.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Agudelo was biking home from her job as a janitor at an East Harlem museum, taking her usual shortcut through Randall’s Island to get to her Astoria apartment, when Jiraud jumped her about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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It is celebrated for its hop-forward IPAs (3 gold & 1 silver), but their lineup also includes lagers, pilsners, porters (1 gold), stouts, and sours.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Informal porters rolling luggage carts zigzagged between cars.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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