Etymology

gatekeeper

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Today it means: A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From gate + keeper.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.