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"
1This arrangement left the Serbs' porter, Hussein, free to carry their bags.
2A hand grasped his arm; he looked up; it was the porter.
3I was afforded every help at Heuston Station by a young porter.
4And in civil life he was outside porter in a goods yard.
5The argument became a personal quarrel between the porter and the clerk.
1People turned in that direction; porters ran; evidently, something serious had happened.
2Several of the porters, on seeing the animals, murmured and crossed themselves.
3Gornia and his porters had already departed; Geminus went ahead of me.
4In the Low Countries, the porters have the grand title of commissionaires.
5From flights to shops to porters, there is no work, he said.
1The doorman asked for a number where the police could reach me.
2Seven thousand square feet in a doorman building in the East Seventies.
3I'd known the doorman more years than either of us would admit.
4I remember one day the doorman at the theatre saying, Morning, Max.
5The cameras are set and the doorman knows to let you in.
1Your doorkeeper said I could come and look for my lost wrap.
2In the hall, among the shrouded furniture, she met the smiling doorkeeper.
3This was opened by the doorkeeper, who asked her what she wanted.
4This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at Washington.
5After a little delay, the doorkeeper was instructed to bring him in.
1He was on familiar terms with theatre directors, stage managers and doormen.
2Describes the uniforms of doormen and Fair troopers, designed by Mr. Whalen.
3Apart from Sextus and the doormen, Fabiola was on her own again.
4As she did, the doormen appeared round the corner from the reception.
5Docilosa and the two doormen were the only ones who knew the truth.
1Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
2One of his doorkeepers he intrusted with the government of the city.
3Neither are the doorkeepers of the Capitol, strange as it may seem.
4Two doorkeepers placed before the bar a stool with three steps.
5It was amazing how all stage doorkeepers looked the same.
1On arrival, we were greeted heartily by the top-hatted doorwoman who was manning the revolving door.
Translations for doorwomen