Definitions of porter [ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr-]
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1. (n.) porter
a person hired to carry packages or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel .
2. porter
a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building, factory, store, etc.
3. porter
an attendant in a railroad parlor car or sleeping car .
4. (n.) porter
a person who has charge of a door or gate; doorkeeper .
5. (n.) porter
a heavy, dark brown ale made with malt browned by drying at a high temperature .
6. (n.) Porter
Cole, 1893–1964, U.S . composer .
7. Porter
Sir George, born 1920, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
8. Porter
Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, U.S . novelist and short-story writer .
9. Porter
Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972.
10. Porter
William Sydney (“O. Henry” ), 1862–1910, U.S . short-story writer .
Definition of 'porter'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) porter
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
2. (noun) doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
someone who guards an entrance
3. (noun) Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
4. (noun) Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter
United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
5. (noun) Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry
United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
6. (noun) porter, Pullman porter
a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
7. (verb) porter, porter's beer
a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
8. (verb) porter
carry luggage or supplies
"They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
1. (noun) porter
sb whose job is to help carry suitcases in a hotel, station, etc.
Remember to tip the porter.
2. porter
a hospital orderly
a hospital porter
Definition of 'porter'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) porter
a man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages
2. (noun) porter
a carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire
3. (noun) porter
a bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar
4. (noun) porter
a malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities
Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: karweier
Arabic: بَوّاب، حَمّال
Bulgarian: носач
Brazilian: carregador
Czech: nosič
German: der Gepäckträger
Danish: drager
Greek: αχθοφόρος
Spanish: mozo de equipajes, malete
Estonian: pakikandja
Farsi: باربر
Finnish: vaunupalvelija
French: porteur/-euse
Hebrew: סַבָּל
Hindi: कुली
Croatian: nosač
Hungarian: hordár
Indonesian: kuli
Icelandic: burðarmaður
Italian: facchino
Japanese: 赤帽
Korean: 짐꾼
Lithuanian: nešikas
Latvian: nesējs
Malay: pelayan kereta api
Dutch: kruier
Norwegian: bærer
Polish: bagażowy
Persian: باربر
Pashto: بار وړونكى
Portuguese: carregador
Romanian: hamal
Russian: носильщик
Slovak: nosič
Slovenian: nosač
Serbian: nosač
Swedish: bärare, stadsbud
Thai: พนักงานยกกระเป๋าบนรถไฟ
Turkish: hamal
Taiwanese: (火車站等的)行李搬運工人
Ukrainian: носильник, носій
Urdu: حمال، قلي
Vietnamese: người khuân vác hành lý
Chinese: (火车站等的)行李搬运工人
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