porter
noun /ˈpɔːtə(r)/
/ˈpɔːrtər/
- a person whose job is carrying people’s bags and other loads, especially at a train station, an airport or in a hotel
- Some Sherpas act as guides and porters for mountaineering expeditions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hospital
- kitchen
- railway
- …
- carry something
- (British English) a person whose job is to move patients from one place to another in a hospitalTopics Jobsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- hospital
- kitchen
- railway
- …
- carry something
- (British English) a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance to a hotel, large building, college, etc.
- the night porter
- The hotel porter will get you a taxi.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- head
- hall
- hotel
- …
- porter’s desk
- porter’s lodge
- (North American English) a person whose job is helping passengers on a train, especially in a sleeping carTopics Jobsc1
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 and sense 4 Middle English: from Old French porteour, from medieval Latin portator, from Latin portare ‘carry’.sense 3 Middle English: from Old French portier, from late Latin portarius, from porta ‘gate, door’.