- 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: 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.
- 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
