as in janitor
a person who tends a door
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Recent Examples of doorman
The liveried doormen hop to it like tree frogs, as if your every arrival and departure were a matter of the utmost urgency and significance.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Amanda is looking for something furnished, month-to-month, pet-friendly, doorman-operated, and with lots of light.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
When authorities arrived at the family’s apartment building, the doorman led them to the utility room at the back of the lobby.
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Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
Suarez lived in the neighborhood, where Saint-Hilaire grew up and where the other victim who died in the crash, Jason Negron, worked for years as a doorman at a residential apartment building.
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Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Amanda is looking for something furnished, month-to-month, pet-friendly, doorman-operated, and with lots of light.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
When authorities arrived at the family’s apartment building, the doorman led them to the utility room at the back of the lobby.
—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
Suarez lived in the neighborhood, where Saint-Hilaire grew up and where the other victim who died in the crash, Jason Negron, worked for years as a doorman at a residential apartment building.
—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorman
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Goodall had toiled 23 years as a janitor in a Terre Haute, Indiana, middle school when the 55-year old hopped a flight for the first time in his life, and took the AGT stage in Los Angeles.
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Some hospital staff, like janitors and cafeteria workers, still make minimum wage.
Noun
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Many of the paintings include a portrait of a Pullman porter or a maid surrounded by splashes of color and fragments of archival documents — newspaper clippings, timesheets, employee records.
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Launching in a refined palette of olive green, burgundy and dark chocolate shades in addition to black, the Berenices sneakers will retail at 345 pounds at the brand’s online store as well as international stockists spanning from Selfridges to Net-a-porter.
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorman. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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