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
The dynamic confined many elite Sherpas to working as porters, kitchen boys and high-altitude helpers.
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Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
He got married, had kids, and worked a job as a porter at Broadway theaters.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Originally, Black Shirt’s focus was on red ales, which produced some fun, offbeat takes on IPAs, porters and other styles.
—Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025
Manhattan | 80 Park Avenue, No. 6A Murray Hill Studio
A 500-square-foot studio with a Murphy bed, a dressing room, white oak floors and one bathroom, on the sixth floor of a 20-story doorman building that has a live-in super, a porter, shared laundry and a roof deck.
—Heather Senison, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
He got married, had kids, and worked a job as a porter at Broadway theaters.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Originally, Black Shirt’s focus was on red ales, which produced some fun, offbeat takes on IPAs, porters and other styles.
—Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025
Manhattan | 80 Park Avenue, No. 6A Murray Hill Studio
A 500-square-foot studio with a Murphy bed, a dressing room, white oak floors and one bathroom, on the sixth floor of a 20-story doorman building that has a live-in super, a porter, shared laundry and a roof deck.
—Heather Senison, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
Noun
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The same workers who keep this country running every single day—home care aides, teachers, bus drivers and janitors who can’t afford to get sick.—
Linda Goler Blount,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Indiana, a church hired a janitor convicted of molesting a 7-year-old girl.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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