To control or limit access to something. / (sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.

A gatekeeper.

A person or group who controls access to something or somebody. / A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

plural of gatekeeper

present participle and gerund of gatekeep

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gatekeep

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of gatekeep

Alternative spelling of gate-keepy

Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.

plural of gatekeepership