A doorkeeper, porter, janitor. An official title under the early Scottish monarchy; = warder of the palace.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper (25) doorwardc950 A doorkeeper, porter, janitor. An official title under the early Scottish monarchy; = warder of the palace. gate-wardc1000 A gatekeeper. porter?a1300 A gatekeeper, esp. at the entrance of a fortified town or castle; a doorkeeper; (now) esp. an employee in charge of the entrance of a hotel, block… ostiary?a1475 A doorkeeper, esp. of a church; spec. a member of the lowest of the four lesser orders in the pre-Reformation Western Church, and later in the Roman… portitor1480 A doorkeeper, a janitor. doorkeeper1535 One who keeps or guards a door; a janitor, porter, ostiary. gatekeeper1572 One who has charge of a gate. janitora1640 A doorkeeper, porter, ostiary. conciergea1697 Now, in France and other foreign countries, The person who has charge of the entrance of a building; a janitor, porter. hall-keeper1705 durwan1773 A porter or doorkeeper. commissioner1820 A person employed by a hotel to meet and aid travellers; = commissionaire, n. 2a(b) 3. Obsolete. lodge-keeper1855 doorman1858 Also doorsman. An attendant at the door of a shop or place of entertainment. lodge-man1892 commissionaire1895 A uniformed attendant at the entrance of a theatre, hotel, large shop, etc.; a doorman. Cf. sense 2a(b). dvornik1903 A house-porter. linkman1939 spec. (a) a commissionaire; (b) in Broadcasting, a person providing continuity in a radio or television programme consisting of several items; (c)… Subcategories:— humorous title for (1) — female (3) — office of (3) |
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