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
Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.
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Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Before beginning the ascent, Wyatt and Hofland met about a dozen hikers at the base of the mountain, as well as a dozen more guides or porters.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
The truffle-mushroom bruschetta ($16) is a popular choice, as are the sliders with porter-beer brisket ($11).
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This is a black IPA, relying heavily on the roasted malts more typically used in porters and stouts.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Before beginning the ascent, Wyatt and Hofland met about a dozen hikers at the base of the mountain, as well as a dozen more guides or porters.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
The truffle-mushroom bruschetta ($16) is a popular choice, as are the sliders with porter-beer brisket ($11).
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This is a black IPA, relying heavily on the roasted malts more typically used in porters and stouts.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
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Aside from the amphitheater’s good-natured janitor Beppo (Kim Bodnia), Momo’s most meaningful relationship is her friendship with Gino (Araloyin Oshunremi), a teenager working multiple jobs to help his mother Liliana (Jennifer Amaka Pettersson) support his siblings.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The great quarterbacks are janitors for organizational messes, smoothing over the cracks and making a bad team look competent for three hours.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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