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
Its ceilings are gilded in 24-karat gold and the doormen wear white top hats.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
In the new 10-episode installment (Hulu, weekly), Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Mabel Mora (Gomez) and Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) investigate the death of the building’s longtime doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca), found in an Arconia building fountain in the Season 4 finale.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
After the building's beloved doorman, Lester (Teddy Coluca), is found dead in the courtyard's fountain, the group comes together once again to get to the bottom of the mystery.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
On the Hulu series, Fowler plays Randall, the Arconia's new doorman.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
In the new 10-episode installment (Hulu, weekly), Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Mabel Mora (Gomez) and Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) investigate the death of the building’s longtime doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca), found in an Arconia building fountain in the Season 4 finale.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
After the building's beloved doorman, Lester (Teddy Coluca), is found dead in the courtyard's fountain, the group comes together once again to get to the bottom of the mystery.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
On the Hulu series, Fowler plays Randall, the Arconia's new doorman.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorman
Noun
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The singing janitor from Indiana earned both the $1 million prize, a Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum and the chance to perform with Journey during the season finale.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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His father worked as a janitor and mother a governess.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Net-a-porter was not the worst offender.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorman. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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