Definition of doorkeepernext
as in janitor
a person who tends a door the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages

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Recent Examples of doorkeeper Babs Osborne, huddled on the telephone in the doorkeeper’s cubicle, was attempting, yet again, to get through to Stanislaus. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 Since the library’s books all date from before 1755, a major job here is preservation, and the zealous doorkeeper opens the big front door sparingly to keep out humidity. — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 Who better to help usher us through this liminal time than an ancient doorkeeper? — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025 The store has a limit of 81 customers at a time, an employee working as a doorkeeper said. — Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024 The team also took a closer look at Harwa, a mummified individual who lived around 3,000 years ago and was a granary’s doorkeeper. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorkeeper
Noun
  • Investigators believe Roberts tried to enlist the help of a school janitor to get rid of Russell’s car, penning a note and leaving it hidden inside a cabinet at Linda Lentin K-8 Center in North Miami, where Roberts was working at the time.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • An investigation identified several people involved in the plot, such as the prison porter who was apprehended, other inmates and known associates.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Throughout the tour, Candamil draws on his memories growing up in the market, first watching his father and then working there in his youth as a carretillero, a cargo porter who steers upright wooden carts with produce through its narrow aisles.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Doorkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorkeeper. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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