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Meanings of porters in English
Person whose job it is to monitor and open the door of a semi-public building.
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Usage of porters in English
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.
6
The main batch of porters has historically come from the British Isles.
7
He was afraid of the waitress and the porters at the railway-station.
8
Anton drew nearer; the porters all rose and called out his name.
9
Then he jumped into the trail and charged furiously after the porters.
10
We have seen the city's night-porters fish the dead from the rivers.
11
The rest we can send back with our blankets by the porters.
12
We met the line of porters and they scattered right and left.
13
A mass of female porters and SPLA guerrillas surged onto the runway.
14
The porters gave them flashlights so that they could make their way.
15
Behind him appeared two porters carrying loads done up in Indian palm-matting.
16
Behind us, the line of porters was coming up along the road.
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Porters through the time
Porters across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common