gatekeeper
/ˈɡeɪtˌki.pəɹ/ noun C1- A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
- A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
- A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
- In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
- One who gatekeeps.
- A provider of core platform services with specific characteristics (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
Plural gatekeepers
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