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The definition of a porter is a person who carries luggage at a hotel or on a train, who is responsible for manning the door at a hotel or a railroad employee who assists railroad passengers during their trip.

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An example of a porter is the person who carries your luggage for you when you go into a hotel.

See porter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a doorkeeper or gatekeeper
R.C.Ch., Historical the lowest of the four minor orders

Origin: ME < OFr portier < LL portarius < L porta, gate: see port

noun

a person who carries luggage, etc. for hire or as an attendant at a railroad station, hotel, etc.
☆ an employee who sweeps, cleans, does errands, etc. as in a bank, store, or restaurant
☆ a railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeper or parlor car
Origin: abbrev. of porter's ale
a dark-brown beer made from charred or browned malt and produced by rapid fermentation at a relatively high temperature

Origin: ME portour < OFr porteour < LL portator < L portare, to carry: see fare

Porter, Cole 1891-1964; U.S. composer of popular songs
Porter, David 1780-1843; U.S. naval officer & diplomat
Porter, David Dixon 1813-91; Union admiral in the Civil War: son of David
Porter, Lord George 1920-2002; Brit. chemist
Porter, Katherine Anne 1890-1980; U.S. short-story writer, essayist, & novelist
Porter, Rodney Robert 1917-85; Brit. biochemist

See porter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.
A railroad employee who waits on passengers in a sleeping car or parlor car.
A maintenance worker for a building or institution.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English portour

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Late Latin portātor

Origin: , from Latin portāre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots

noun
Chiefly British

One in charge of a gate or door.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Late Latin portārius

Origin: , from Latin porta, gate; see per-² in Indo-European roots

noun

A dark beer resembling light stout, made from malt browned or charred by drying at a high temperature.

Origin:

Origin: Short for porter's ale

American composer and lyricist remembered for his witty and sophisticated Broadway scores for musicals such as Anything Goes (1929).

, Edwin Stanton 1869-1941.

American filmmaker whose works include the first edited film, The Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery (both 1903).

, Katherine Anne 1890-1980.

American writer known for her carefully crafted short stories as well as her novel Ship of Fools (1962). She won a Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Stories (1965).

, Rodney Robert 1917-1985.

British biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for research on the chemical structure and nature of antibodies.

, William Sydney Pen name O. Henry 1862-1910.

American writer whose short stories are collected in a number of volumes, including Cabbages and Kings (1904) and The Four Million (1906).

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