: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Monthlies are $1,471 and get you internet and cable, a virtual doorman, laundry in the building, and a bike room.
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Katie McDonough, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2025
On a Friday night in February on East Sixth Street, a steely-eyed bar doorman rushed around a crowd agitating on the sidewalk and whipped a flashlight above his shoulder.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Everyone wanted to park on West Eighty-Sixth Street so the doormen would look after their car.
—Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
Last month, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in TriBeCa, in buildings without doormen, reached more than $6,100 a month, the highest in that category in Manhattan.
—New York Times, 3 July 2025
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Katie McDonough, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2025
On a Friday night in February on East Sixth Street, a steely-eyed bar doorman rushed around a crowd agitating on the sidewalk and whipped a flashlight above his shoulder.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Everyone wanted to park on West Eighty-Sixth Street so the doormen would look after their car.
—Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
Last month, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in TriBeCa, in buildings without doormen, reached more than $6,100 a month, the highest in that category in Manhattan.
—New York Times, 3 July 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 20 Aug. 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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