as in janitor
a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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The film opens with a Malian young porter by the name of Balla Diarra (Baba Niare) helping a woman whose husband has just kicked her out of the home.
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Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Best known as Travelers Rest’s first craft brewery, this spot is a local favorite popular for its world-class selection of beers, with everything from pale ales to porters.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
The menu includes ales, porter and stouts, IPAs and more.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Then it was put into a series of beer casks for a secondary maturation—stout/porter, brown ale, imperial Munich lager, and foudre ale.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 July 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Best known as Travelers Rest’s first craft brewery, this spot is a local favorite popular for its world-class selection of beers, with everything from pale ales to porters.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
The menu includes ales, porter and stouts, IPAs and more.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Then it was put into a series of beer casks for a secondary maturation—stout/porter, brown ale, imperial Munich lager, and foudre ale.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porter
janitor
Noun
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The janitor’s closet at the back of The Barbershop.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Teamsters union includes cooks and other food service workers, as well as groundskeepers, janitors, parking attendants, maintenance workers, mechanics and more.—
Emma McNamee,
Twin Cities,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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