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Meanings of doorkeeper in anglès
Person whose job it is to monitor and open the door of a semi-public building.
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Examples for "porter"
Examples for "porter"
1
This arrangement left the Serbs' porter, Hussein, free to carry their bags.
2
A hand grasped his arm; he looked up; it was the porter.
3
I was afforded every help at Heuston Station by a young porter.
4
And in civil life he was outside porter in a goods yard.
5
The argument became a personal quarrel between the porter and the clerk.
1
People turned in that direction; porters ran; evidently, something serious had happened.
2
Several of the porters, on seeing the animals, murmured and crossed themselves.
3
Gornia and his porters had already departed; Geminus went ahead of me.
4
In the Low Countries, the porters have the grand title of commissionaires.
5
From flights to shops to porters, there is no work, he said.
1
The doorman asked for a number where the police could reach me.
2
Seven thousand square feet in a doorman building in the East Seventies.
3
I'd known the doorman more years than either of us would admit.
4
I remember one day the doorman at the theatre saying, Morning, Max.
5
The cameras are set and the doorman knows to let you in.
1
The tortoise now went in front, and speaking to the gatekeeper, said:
2
The gatekeeper grunted and pushed back among us to the open gate.
3
Our results highlight the gatekeeper role of VHL in the kidney epithelium.
4
He'd been the Hold's gatekeeper for as long as she could remember.
5
I bribed the gatekeeper, and got into the grounds of Rosendale Manor.
1
The commissionaire opened the doors and she passed out into the street.
2
I passed through the Rue d'Antin without even coming across a commissionaire.
3
Smith thanked the commissionaire for his information and we quittedthegallery
4
Her sole purpose now was to see whether the commissionaire was coming.
5
To him, gaping at this wholly unforeseen calamity the commissionaire vouchsafed information.
1
He was on familiar terms with theatre directors, stage managers and doormen.
2
Describes the uniforms of doormen and Fair troopers, designed by Mr. Whalen.
3
Apart from Sextus and the doormen, Fabiola was on her own again.
4
As she did, the doormen appeared round the corner from the reception.
5
Docilosa and the two doormen were the only ones who knew the truth.
1
Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
2
One of his doorkeepers he intrusted with the government of the city.
3
Neither are the doorkeepers of the Capitol, strange as it may seem.
4
Two doorkeepers placed before the bar a stool with three steps.
5
It was amazing how all stage doorkeepers looked the same.
1
The service- door guard had been peeking his head around the corner again.
2
The door guard said he let her out, and she hasn't come back.
3
The front- door guard remained at his post, gazing after his companions.
4
Richards started to follow him out, but put her hand on the door guard.
5
Peering over the rail, she saw the door guard at the foot of the steps.
1
The hall porter brought up the portmanteaus; Polya's cheerful voice was heard.
2
On the last occasion, the hall porter had cheering news for him.
3
The hotel's front desk might be closed, the hall porter off duty.
4
The hall porter, who was a most superior person, regarded him blandly.
5
The hall porter and the numerous personnel of the hotel were looking on.
1
The last ostiary to turn away tossed Sol's battered hat to him.
2
The all-black ostiaries blended with the shadows.
1
On arrival, we were greeted heartily by the top-hatted doorwoman who was manning the revolving door.
Usage of doorkeeper in anglès
1
Your doorkeeper said I could come and look for my lost wrap.
2
In the hall, among the shrouded furniture, she met the smiling doorkeeper.
3
This was opened by the doorkeeper, who asked her what she wanted.
4
This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at Washington.
5
After a little delay, the doorkeeper was instructed to bring him in.
6
The doorkeeper took him to the foreman, who was fortunately a German.
7
Under the archway, he gave his key as usual to the doorkeeper.
8
The doorkeeper looked at me with surprise and a sort of gratitude.
9
Over many years, the man watches the doorkeeper almost without a break.
10
Then I harked back to the doorkeeper, while you were St. Sebastianizing.
11
Someone has to break through the wards-andwho better than a doorkeeper?
12
I bet the dean was surprised to learn you were a doorkeeper.
13
M. Segmuller's appearance corresponded perfectly with the description given by the doorkeeper.
14
In this case we can't believe the doorkeeper is the man's subordinate.
15
And I was a doorkeeper... with a fairy stone in my pocket.
16
Her confusion, so it seemed to Nekhludoff, confirmed the hospital doorkeeper's words.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common