GATEKEEPER


Meaning of GATEKEEPER in English

/gayt"kee'peuhr/ , n.

1. a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic or flow through it.

2. guardian; monitor: the gatekeepers of Western culture.

[ 1565-75; GATE 1 + KEEPER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .