Added 9 October 2026 gatekeeper /ˈɡeɪtˌkiː.pə/ noun Categories: PeopleRare Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gatekeeper at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} 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. Origin From gate + keeper. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: doorkeeperdoormanporterguardwardenwarderguardianwatchmanjanitorjailer Back to today's word