Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gateperson

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gate-per-son
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"In three years of operation, full-time staff positions were increased from 27 to 67 in 1977, supplemented by 275 part-time employees: stagehands, gatepersons, and security personnel."
"In perhaps the most ill-advised innovation, the IC took all its trainmen, gatepersons, and ticket agents out of the traditional blue railroad uniforms and into airline-style clothing."
"When you know the roles you have to fill you need to know how many of each role you will require, for example ‘gateperson’ is a role, but you will require as many gatepeople as you have gates, plus some reserves."

Etymology

From gate + -person, after gateman.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gate

Inflected Forms

gatepersons (plural) gatepeople (plural)

Questions

What does gateperson mean?: A gatekeeper.
Where does gateperson come from?: From gate + -person, after gateman.

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