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Meanings of doorpersons in English
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
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.
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
On arrival, we were greeted heartily by the top-hatted doorwoman who was manning the revolving door.