as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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Recent Examples of porter
This was like in the late nineties, how bad the porters were being treated.
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Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
This strategy could reduce the number of trips high-altitude workers need to take through the Khumbu Icefall, improving safety by trimming down on the number of trips a porter will make.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
So scores of them visited the homes of the porters to share literature about the union.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The primarily Black staff of porters were the vital component of the Pullman Company’s exclusive sleeper car service.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
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Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
This strategy could reduce the number of trips high-altitude workers need to take through the Khumbu Icefall, improving safety by trimming down on the number of trips a porter will make.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
So scores of them visited the homes of the porters to share literature about the union.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The primarily Black staff of porters were the vital component of the Pullman Company’s exclusive sleeper car service.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for porter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
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Prosecutors said during the trial that Pankey had been excommunicated after the incident, which also cost him his job there as a janitor.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Agudelo was biking home from her job as a janitor at an East Harlem museum, taking her usual shortcut through Randall’s Island to get to her Astoria apartment, when Jiraud jumped her about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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