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por·ter 1 P0456000 (pôr′tər)n.1. A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.2. A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car.3. A maintenance worker for a building or institution.
[Middle English portour, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin portātor, from Latin portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
por·ter 2 P0456000 (pôr′tər)n. Chiefly British One in charge of a gate or door.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin portārius, from Latin porta, gate; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
por·ter 3 P0456000 (pôr′tər)n. A dark beer resembling light stout, made from malt browned or charred by drying at a high temperature.
[Short for porter's ale (probably so called because it was favored by laborers in the 1700s).]porter (ˈpɔːtə) n1. a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc, esp at a railway station or hotel2. (in hospitals) a person employed to move patients from place to place3. (Railways) US and Canadian a railway employee who waits on passengers, esp in a sleeper4. E African a manual labourer[C14: from Old French portour, from Late Latin portātōr, from Latin portāre to carry]
porter (ˈpɔːtə) n1. chiefly Brit a person in charge of a gate or door; doorman or gatekeeper2. a person employed by a university or college as a caretaker and doorkeeper who also answers enquiries3. a person in charge of the maintenance of a building, esp a block of flats4. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church Also called: ostiary a person ordained to what was formerly the lowest in rank of the minor orders[C13: from Old French portier, from Late Latin portārius doorkeeper, from Latin porta door]
porter (ˈpɔːtə) n (Brewing) Brit a dark sweet ale brewed from black malt[C18: shortened from porter's ale, apparently because it was a favourite beverage of porters]
Porter (ˈpɔːtə) n1. (Biography) Cole. 1893–1964, US composer and lyricist of musical comedies. His most popular songs include Night and Day and Let's do It2. (Biography) George, Baron Porter of Luddenham. 1920–2002, British chemist, who shared a Nobel prize for chemistry in 1967 for his work on flash photolysis3. (Biography) Katherine Anne. 1890–1980, US short-story writer and novelist. Her best-known collections of stories are Flowering Judas (1930) and Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939)4. (Biography) Peter. 1929–2010, Australian poet, lived in Britain5. (Biography) Rodney Robert. 1917–85, British biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972 for determining the structure of an antibody6. (Biography) William Sidney. original name of O. Henrypor•ter1 (ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr-)
n. 1. a person hired to carry packages or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel. 2. a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc. 3. an attendant in a railroad parlor car or sleeping car. [1350–1400; Middle English, variant of portour < Middle French porteour < Late Latin portātōrem, acc. of portātor. See port5, -or2] por•ter2 (ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr-)
n. a person who has charge of a door or gate; doorkeeper. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French < Late Latin portārius gatekeeper] por•ter3 (ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr-)
n. a heavy, dark brown ale made with malt browned by drying at a high temperature. [1720–30; short for porter's ale, appar. orig. brewed for porters] Por•ter (ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr-)
n. 1. Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer. 2. Sir George, born 1920, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967. 3. Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. 4. Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972. 5. William Sydney ( “O. Henry” ), 1862–1910, U.S. short-story writer. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  porter - a person employed to carry luggage and supplieslaborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual laborredcap - a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad stationskycap - a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport | | 2. |  porter - someone who guards an entrance door guard, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, gatekeeper, doorkeepercommissionaire - a uniformed doormanguard - a person who keeps watch over something or someonenight porter - a porter on duty during the nightticket collector, ticket taker - someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets | | 3. | Porter - United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)Katherine Anne Porter | | 4. | Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)Cole Albert Porter, Cole Porter | | 5. |  Porter - United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)O. Henry, William Sydney Porter | | 6. | porter - a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)Pullman porteremployee - a worker who is hired to perform a job | | 7. | porter - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barleyporter's beerale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume | | Verb | 1. | porter - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
porter1noun (Chiefly Brit.) doorman, caretaker, janitor, concierge, gatekeeper a porter at the block of flats
porter2noun baggage attendant, carrier, bearer, baggage-carrier A porter slammed the baggage compartment doors.Translationsporter (ˈpoːtə) noun1. a person whose job is to carry luggage in a railway station etc. The old lady could not find a porter to carry her suitcase from the train. (火車站等的)行李搬運工人 （火车站等的）行李搬运工人 2. a person whose job is to carry things eg in rough country where there is no other form of transport. He set off into the jungle with three porters. 搬運工人 搬运工人3. a doorman or attendant in a hotel etc. a hospital porter. 守門人 守门人
porter
porter: see beerbeer,
alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermenting cereals, especially malted barley, usually with the addition of hops as a flavoring agent and stabilizer. One of the oldest of alcoholic beverages (there is archaeological evidence dating to c.3000 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. .porter1 US and Canadian a railway employee who waits on passengers, esp in a sleeper
porter2 RC Church a person ordained to what was formerly the lowest in rank of the minor orders
porter3 Brit a dark sweet ale brewed from black malt
Porter1. Cole. 1893--1964, US composer and lyricist of musical comedies. His most popular songs include Night and Day and Let's do It 2. George, Baron Porter of Luddenham. 1920--2002, British chemist, who shared a Nobel prize for chemistry in 1967 for his work on flash photolysis 3. Katherine Anne. 1890--1980, US short-story writer and novelist. Her best-known collections of stories are Flowering Judas (1930) and Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939) 4. Peter. born 1929, Australian poet, living in Britain 5. Rodney Robert. 1917--85, British biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972 for determining the structure of an antibody Porter
Por·ter (pōr'tĕr), Curt C., 20th-century U.S. biochemist. See: Porter-Silber chromogens, Porter-Silber reaction, Porter-Silber chromogens test.
Por·ter (pōr'tĕr), Thomas C., British scientist, 1860-1933. See: Ferry-Porter law.
Por·ter (pōr'tĕr), William H., Irish surgeon, 1790-1861. See: Porter fascia. Porter
PORTER. The name of an ancient English officer who bore or carried a rod before the justices. The door-keeper of the English parliament also bears this name.
2. One who is employed as a common carrier to carry goods from one place to another in the same town, is also called a porter. Such person is in general answerable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm. Sec. 496. PORTER
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porter
Synonyms for porternoun doormanSynonyms- doorman
- caretaker
- janitor
- concierge
- gatekeeper
noun baggage attendantSynonyms- baggage attendant
- carrier
- bearer
- baggage-carrier
Synonyms for porternoun a person employed to carry luggage and suppliesRelated Words- laborer
- labourer
- manual laborer
- jack
- redcap
- skycap
noun someone who guards an entranceSynonyms- door guard
- doorman
- hall porter
- ostiary
- gatekeeper
- doorkeeper
Related Words- commissionaire
- guard
- night porter
- ticket collector
- ticket taker
noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)Synonymsnoun United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)Synonyms- Cole Albert Porter
- Cole Porter
noun United States writer of short stories whose pen name was OSynonyms- O. Henry
- William Sydney Porter
noun a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)SynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barleySynonymsRelated Wordsverb carry luggage or suppliesRelated Words |