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Answer for the clue "Opener of some gates ", 8 letters:
latchkey

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Word definitions for latchkey in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Latchkey or Latch-key may refer to: A key (lock) used to open a latch Latchkey kid , a child who returns from school to an empty home because his or her parents are away at work The Latchkey , a 1910 film by the Thanhouser Company Operation Latchkey , a ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Latchkey \Latch"key`\, n. A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.

Usage examples of latchkey.

This morning they had one prize in mind: the Oboyan road, the artery to Kursk and the latchkey to German victory.

I started up, afraid that the delights of haute cuisine had palled for Hilda, and then I remembered that She would undoubtedly have come armed with a latchkey.

I almost said so, but luckily remembered just in time that Kristy has been a latchkey kid for years.

Most of them came from families who weren't families, latchkey kids grown old before their time.

To hear him tell it the Latchkeys were a tough family who lived in his mother’s neighborhood and threw rocks at passing cars just for fun.

Tremaine had a few men’s handkerchiefs, a penknife and the latchkeys to Coldcourt’s front door and her room at the conscripted hotel in Port Rel.