: 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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One of the doormen stops me and asks where the others are.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Most recently, beloved building doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca) fell into the proverbial (and literal) fatality fountain.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
And also the likes of Jermaine Fowler, who is so incredible in this season, who plays Randall the doorman and Beanie Feldstein.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Niemiec lives at the W Residences, a 57-story doorman building connected to the W Hotel and affiliated with Marriott International.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Most recently, beloved building doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca) fell into the proverbial (and literal) fatality fountain.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
And also the likes of Jermaine Fowler, who is so incredible in this season, who plays Randall the doorman and Beanie Feldstein.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Niemiec lives at the W Residences, a 57-story doorman building connected to the W Hotel and affiliated with Marriott International.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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 8 Nov. 2025.
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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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