: 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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To cope with rising repair and maintenance costs, employees reported that hotel management began reducing service levels and cutting staff, replacing 10 of the hotel’s long-time bellhops and doormen with third-party valets.
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
The doormen on East Ninetieth Street looked out for Roger and Andy.
—Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
Monthlies are a very friendly $928 (the Dorchester is a mortgage-free co-op) and buy you a concierge, a doorman, an elevator, a super, a bike room, a package room, parking, storage, and a gym.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2026
While the focus remains on the central couple, both characters have relationship side-plots of their own, Bessette with a doorman turned Calvin Klein model (Noah Fearnley) and Kennedy with movie star Daryl Hannah, played by Hemingway.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
The doormen on East Ninetieth Street looked out for Roger and Andy.
—Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
Monthlies are a very friendly $928 (the Dorchester is a mortgage-free co-op) and buy you a concierge, a doorman, an elevator, a super, a bike room, a package room, parking, storage, and a gym.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2026
While the focus remains on the central couple, both characters have relationship side-plots of their own, Bessette with a doorman turned Calvin Klein model (Noah Fearnley) and Kennedy with movie star Daryl Hannah, played by Hemingway.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 11 Mar. 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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