gate·keep·er

[geyt-kee-per]
noun
1.
a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic or flow through it.
2.
guardian; monitor: the gatekeepers of Western culture.

Origin:
1565–75; gate1 + keeper

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gatekeeper (ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it
2.  any of several Eurasian butterflies of the genus Pyronia, esp P. tithonus, having brown-bordered orange wings with a black-and-white eyespot on each forewing: family Satyridae
3.  a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies

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Gatekeeper is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
The central thalamus may act as a gatekeeper, and the added stimulation kicks
  up the level of activation.
As gatekeeper of the tribal mind, he can be imperious and inflexible.
The joy of a decentralised network is that no party acts as a gatekeeper for
  any other.
By the following year he had hundreds of followers who viewed him as the
  gatekeeper to jobs and apartments.
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