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porter

/ˈpɔɹtɚ/

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What does porter mean?

noun

  1. A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.
  2. An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  3. One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
More meanings (20)

noun

  1. A person in control of the entrance to a building.
  2. An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
  3. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
  4. Stout (malt brew).

verb

  1. To serve as a porter; to carry.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. A town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana.
  4. A town and village in Oxford County, Maine.
  5. A minor city in Yellow Medicine County and Lincoln County, Minnesota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Niagara County, New York, named after Augustus Porter.
  8. An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio.
  9. A town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
  10. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas.
  11. An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
  12. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  13. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Porter Township.
  14. Ellipsis of Porter County.
  15. Ellipsis of Porter Crater.
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When he entered the reception hall of the hotel before which he had strolled that morning, the hall porter challenged him.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
Jane Porter saw the great form disappear from the window, and then she, too, fainted, the revolver falling at her side.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
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He was very well dressed, as the porter had said, entirely in black, in perfectly new garments, and with a white cravat.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
They were pampered with food and porter, and would not pull a rope, or get up at six to air their quarters.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
Gerásim and the porter, who had followed Makár Alexéevich, stopped him in the vestibule and tried to take the pistol from him.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600