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
Our porters, who carried all our gear up this mountain, have already made it to Base Camp and are heading back down, and on to their next job.
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Themes span workplace automation (delivery bots threaten to put human porters like Sam out of work), pollution (prolonged exposure to a mysterious substance called chiralium causes various health problems) and climate change (storms and floods are increasingly common in this future world).
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Once again, players take control of Sam (Norman Reedus), a porter who is tasked with connecting Mexico to the Chiral Network (a communication system akin to the internet).
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
The gorilla trekking porter system employs local residents while enhancing guest safety.
—Natalie Preddie, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Themes span workplace automation (delivery bots threaten to put human porters like Sam out of work), pollution (prolonged exposure to a mysterious substance called chiralium causes various health problems) and climate change (storms and floods are increasingly common in this future world).
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Once again, players take control of Sam (Norman Reedus), a porter who is tasked with connecting Mexico to the Chiral Network (a communication system akin to the internet).
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
The gorilla trekking porter system employs local residents while enhancing guest safety.
—Natalie Preddie, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
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Poorsaleh said neither is a student in the Chula Vista Elementary School District where the janitor worked part-time.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of schools have commitment from the top of the chancellor’s office, down to the janitor’s closet in the football locker room.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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