grindvakt

== Swedish == === Etymology === grind +‎ vakt === Noun === grindvakt c (historical) gatekeeper (person guarding the gate at, for example, railway crossings) (figurative) gatekeeper (person who controls access to something or who serves as a self-proclaimed defender of higher principles) ==== Declension ==== === References === “grindvakt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grindvakt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grindvakt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)