Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has the charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper or gate-keeper.
- noun A dark-brown malt liquor, of English origin.
- noun A rope-carrier or supporter; a wheel or roller on a support used to sustain a traction- or transmission-rope and prevent its sagging and striking the ground between its terminal points.
- noun One who bears or carries; a bearer; a carrier; specifically, a person who carries burdens, etc., or runs errands for hire: as, a railway or dock porter.
- noun A law officer who carries a white or silver rod before the justices in eyre.
- noun Eccles., same as
ostiary . - noun That which is used in bearing, supporting, or carrying.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
- noun A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
- noun (Forging) 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 . - noun A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who carries
luggage and related objects. - noun A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- noun In the
bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away. - noun A strong, dark
ale , originally favored by porters, similar to astout but less strong. - noun Ireland Another name for the malt brew
stout . - noun computing One who
ports software (converts it to another platform). - verb To serve as a porter, to carry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
- noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
- noun United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
- verb carry luggage or supplies
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
- noun someone who guards an entrance
- noun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Pylorus_ is the Greek for a porter; and our ring is indeed a porter like the one of which we have already said so much, and which I called last time the _porter up above_, in anticipation of his colleague below.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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An old hand will tell you the peculiarities of every spike in England, as: at A you are allowed to smoke but there are bugs in the cells; at B the beds are comfortable but the porter is a bully; at C they let you out early in the morning but the tea is undrinkable; at D the officials steal your money if you have anyand so on interminably.
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Joey should've been chris pine john you're all morons for not seeing how perfect scott porter is for the role fingers crossed samboni for all thats good in the world dont let Chace Crawford be in it! postavant. com
Who Will Be Captain America? John Krasinski and Six Other Actors Shortlisted | /Film 2010
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When the dead body of a Ukrainian porter is discovered in the restaurant cellar, the tenuous balance in Gabe's life begins to slip.
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A porter is summoned from across the lobby and he escorts me to the lifts at the back of the hotel.
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Highly alcoholic, bourbon barrel, mocha cherry imperial coffee porter is way cooler than Mild.
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By Jonathan, at 6/09/2007 9: 06 PM is it possible to post your src code? looking at this reminds me of the rules in porter stemmer. haha I was intending to do a dutton speedword software to add into babelfish (english-dutton speedword) but sadly I couldnt find the word list around. power of zipf's law 8p thx
Yublin shorthand for speed-writing Jonathan Aquino 2007
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“Johnny Berlin” follows the titular train porter (a cross between a maid and a bellboy) as he carries out his tour of duty aboard a refurbished 1930s luxury train travelling up and down the West coast.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2007
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“Gharíb:” the porter is offended because the word implies “poor devil;” esp. one out of his own country.
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Two U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven were wounded in the fighting in the border town of Obeidi, accor-ding to a New York Times re-porter is em-bedded with the Marines.
Think Progress » Phase II Report Being Stonewalled, Senators Charge 2005
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