Defenition of the word porter
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Defenition of the word porter
- someone who guards the entrance to a building
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- dark sweet ale brewed from black malt
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- someone who guards an entrance
- United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
- United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
- United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
- carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
- carry luggage or supplies
Synonyms for the word porter
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- caretaker
- concierge
- door guard
- doorkeeper
- doorman
- gatekeeper
- hall porter
- janitor
- porter's beer
- Pullman porter
- redcap
Similar words in the porter
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- porter
- porter's
- portered
- porterhouse
- porterhouse's
- porterhouses
- portering
Hyponyms for the word porter
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- commissionaire
- night porter
- redcap
- skycap
- ticket collector
- ticket taker
Hypernyms for the word porter
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- ale
- author
- carry
- composer
- employee
- guard
- jack
- laborer
- labourer
- manual laborer
- transport
- writer
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