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What (who) is porter - definition
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Porter (crater); Porter (disambiguation); Portress; The Porter
porter
(porters)
1.
A porter is a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel. (BRIT; in AM, use doorman
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2.
A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel.
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A porter on a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers. (AM; in BRIT, usually use attendant
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In a hospital, a porter is someone whose job is to move patients from place to place. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use orderly
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porter
n.
1.
Carrier.
2.
Door-keeper, concierge.
porter
porter1
¦ noun
1. a person employed to carry luggage and other loads.
(also hospital porter) a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients.
2. dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature.
3. N. Amer. a sleeping-car attendant.
Derivatives
porterage noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. porteour, from med. L. portator, from L. portare 'carry'; sense 2 derives from the beer orig. being made for porters.
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porter2
¦ noun Brit. an employee in charge of the entrance of a hotel, block of flats, or other large building.
Origin
ME: from OFr. portier, from late L. portarius, from porta 'gate, door'.
Examples of use of porter
1. Sam and Lindsey Porter were 7 and 8 when Tina Porter last saw them.
2. Yesterday‘s announcement gives CIA Director Porter J.
3. "Well, that‘s disorderly conduct," Porter replied.
4. Negroponte‘s predecessor, former representative Porter J.
5. Porter was pastor of Hickman Community Church when he befriended the elderly man, who eventually asked Porter to help him build an agricultural museum with his life savings.