doorwardn.
archaic.
A doorkeeper, porter, janitor. An official title under the early Scottish monarchy; = warder of the palace.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper
doorwardc950
gate-wardc1000
porter?a1300
ostiary?a1475
portitor1480
doorkeeper1535
gatekeeper1572
janitora1640
conciergea1697
hall-keeper1705
durwan1773
commissioner1820
lodge-keeper1855
doorman1858
lodge-man1892
commissionaire1895
dvornik1903
linkman1939
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 3 Ðissum ðe duruard [Ags. Gosp. geatweard] ontyneð.
c1000 Ælfric Past. Ep. ⁋34 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 378 Ostiarius is duruweard.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8819 He wende to þan burhȝate..and gratte þene dure-ward [c1300 Otho doreward].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 121 Þe yefþe of drede is þe doreward to þe greate þreste.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 101 Yar surname wes Makyne Drosser Yat is al-so mekill to say her As ye Durwarth sonnys perfay.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 109 Dooreward, that is, Porter.
1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. iii. 238 The Chamberlain, and the hostiarius or doorward.
1867 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 II. xviii. 213 Nicholas de Soulis, descended of the marriage of Marjory, a natural daughter of Alexander II; to Alan the Durward.
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doorwarddoorwardsadv.adj.
Towards the door.
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c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 477 And drowȝe to Kittis dorward, to herken & to list.
1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. i His landlord began to cast significant glances doorwards.
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