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.
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