: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
Synonyms of doorman
Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Insider tip Become friendly with the doormen and bellhops, who make your stay wonderful from the second your car pulls up and are reminiscent of old New York.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Suarez lived in the neighborhood, where Saint-Hilaire grew up and where the other victim who died in the crash, Jason Negron, worked for years as a doorman at a residential apartment building.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
This two-bedroom, two-bath unit with 1,100 square feet was in an 84-unit doorman building from 1954 that offered few common amenities.
—Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 14 May 2026
The building has a 5,000-square-foot private garden, laundry, roof terrace, 24-hour doorman, concierge, and bike storage.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 11 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Suarez lived in the neighborhood, where Saint-Hilaire grew up and where the other victim who died in the crash, Jason Negron, worked for years as a doorman at a residential apartment building.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
This two-bedroom, two-bath unit with 1,100 square feet was in an 84-unit doorman building from 1954 that offered few common amenities.
—Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 14 May 2026
The building has a 5,000-square-foot private garden, laundry, roof terrace, 24-hour doorman, concierge, and bike storage.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for doorman
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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doorman
noun
door·man
-ˌman 
-mən
: a person who tends a door (as of a hotel) and assists people (as by calling taxis)
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