doorkeeper

Definitions

1. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway
2. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.
3. Someone with power to keep others out of some sphere or activity

Equivalents

Examples

“The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get⟳ another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit⟳ him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see⟳ him again.”

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