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Meanings of pullman porter in English

Spanish
mozo

A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

mozo
Portuguese
assistente de vagões

Type of porter on sleeping cars on US railroads.

Related terms
assistente de vagões
Usage of pullman porter in English
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They were seamstresses and steelworkers, students and teachers, maids and Pullman porters.
The Guardian
2
More than half of Negro lawyers and doctors were Pullman porters.
The new yorker
3
Then it was that the initiative of a well-trained Pullman porter came into play.
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4
Recently become a Pullman porter, running to Buffalo.
The new yorker
5
I thanked him again, not knowing then what it was to travel in a Pullman porter's closet.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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Since his father was a Pullman porter," I read, "the Lewis family lived near the railroad.
Cat’s Cradle
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Indians are different-lookat Pullman porters.
The Window-Gazer
8
They gradiate into Pullman porters.
The new yorker
9
Every summer he goes to Canada and through the tourist season works as a Pullman porter on the Canadian Pacific.
In the Land of Jim Crow
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But the Pullman porter checked him in last night, and we found all his gear and papers in his compartment!
Warning from the Stars
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"Even I don't mind a Pullman porter," finished Aunt Caroline grandly.
The Window-Gazer
12
The Pullman porter came into the car under compulsion of a revolver in the hand of a fourth outlaw, one in a black mask.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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I even looked for him after midnight-notonly going through the day coaches, but asking the Pullman porters if such a man was aboard.
Tales of the Road
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"But Pullman porters are not Indians, and even if they were I can't quite see how it affects Benis and his lady secretary."
The Window-Gazer
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