The meaning of Porter

noun

A person or thing that carries or holds something.

Usage examples:

A flag-bearer

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A person whose job is to carry something, or a person who brings a message

Usage examples:

Stretcher bearers carried the injured across the lawn.

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Someone who has in their possession a document, such as a bond or share, which they can legally exchange for a sum of money

Usage examples:

Letters of credit are documents issued by banks which give the bearer the authority to draw a state…

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A person employed to look after a building.

Usage examples:

He works as a college caretaker

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A person employed to take care of a large building or property, doing cleaning, repairs, gardening, or other jobs

Usage examples:

The building’s caretaker reported the fire.

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A person who is employed to take care of a large building, such as a school or office building, and to deal with the cleaning, repairs, etc.

Usage examples:

He lived on the ground floor of the apartment block, where he worked as a caretaker., a building/sc…

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A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.

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Water carriers

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A uniformed door attendant at a hotel, theatre, or other building.

Usage examples:

The place had a uniformed commissionaire, a dress circle and rude behaviour was ruthlessly stamped …

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(especially in france) a resident caretaker of a block of flats or a small hotel.

Usage examples:

At about 3.55 pm, she arrived at summervale house in vale drive, werneth and used a key to get into…

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A person working in a hotel, etc. whose job is to help guests, for example by giving them information about restaurants, local places to see, etc.

Usage examples:

Our concierges are experts on the area's restaurants and can recommend the perfect place to fit you…

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A person on duty at the entrance to a building.

Usage examples:

Darwin stood for me like a mighty doorkeeper at the entrance to the temple of the universe.

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A person whose job is to stay near the entrance to a public place and prevent people entering without permission

Usage examples:

He was a doorkeeper on the stage door at the theatre.

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A man such as a porter, bouncer, or janitor who is on duty at the entrance to a large building.

Usage examples:

Local authorities currently vet their own doormen, meaning bouncers have different licences dependi…

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A person whose job is to stand by the door of a hotel or public building and let people in or out, open their car doors, etc.

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A person whose job is to stand at the door of a hotel or public building and allow people to go in or out, open car doors, etc.

Usage examples:

Doormen catch many fake id holders by making them sign their name or asking their birth date to com…

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An attendant employed to control who goes through a gate.

Usage examples:

To use it, the gateman had to lower the gates while he left the tower.

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A caretaker or doorkeeper of a building.

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A person whose job is to clean and take care of a building

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→  caretaker noun

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A member of the military police.

Usage examples:

After the redcaps ' sudden visit that sunny afternoon, we knew why.

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A member of a himalayan people living on the borders of nepal and tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.

Usage examples:

Often inseparable from their association with world-class mountaineering, the sherpas of nepal inha…

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A thick, soft artificial material used for making clothes that looks similar to sheepskin (= the skin of a sheep with wool on one side)

Usage examples:

This cosy zip hoodie is fully lined with sherpa., he wore ripped jeans with a sherpa jacket.

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A porter at an airport.

Usage examples:

When we got to the burbank airport, the skycap asked for our ids.

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A person who carries passengers' bags at an airport or receives them for putting onto an aircraft