gateman
Portal access controller
A gateman is a person stationed at a gate to control access—checking credentials, opening barriers, or monitoring who enters and exits.
The term appears in contexts ranging from factory entrances to railway crossings to gated communities: The gateman waved us through after checking our passes.
Guard who monitors
- sentryGuard on duty
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- checkpointInspection station on route
surveillance · vigilance · doorkeeper · porter · custodian · warden · bouncer · access
Point of access
- doorwayPassage into a room
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- turnstileRotating single-passage barrier
- admissionEntry or confession
foyer · lobby · vestibule · reception · check-in · ingress · passage · wicket
sentinel
Guard who monitors
checkpoint · surveillance · vigilance · doorkeeper · porter · custodian · warden · bouncer · access · perimeter
entrance
Point of access
admission · foyer · lobby · vestibule · reception · check-in · ingress · passage · wicket · portico
stationmaster
Railway depot manager
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
- flagmanPerson directing traffic manually
signalman · yardmaster · switchman · brakeman · crossing · railyard · depot · platform · terminal
- rail workerslocomotive engineer, train conductor, rail conductor, engine driver, train engineer
- castle staffchamberlain, chambermaid, butler, guard, handmaiden
gatemanintruder
Unauthorized person present
trespasser · visitor · gate-crasher · gatecrasher · uninvited guest
man, gate, gateway, watchman, gates, doorman, gated, gatekeeper, gatehouse