gatekeeper
Pronunciation: /ˈgeɪtkiːpə/
noun
- 1 (also gateman) an attendant employed to control who goes through a gate.
- a person or thing that controls access to something: GPs can act as gatekeepers, filtering demands made on hospital services
- 2an orange and brown European butterfly with small eyespots on the wings, frequenting hedgerows and woods. Also called hedge brown.
- Pyronia tithonus, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae
