: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)
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Examples of doorman in a Sentence
we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab
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Two doormen working in buildings on W. 23rd St. near 10th Ave. found the infant left on the sidewalk at about 3:20 a.m. and called 911.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
This time, people form a line to a door guarded by a young doorman holding a stack of stickers.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
Cohen describes purchase of Trump Tower doorman's story Cohen just testified about the process under which American Media Inc., the parent company of the National Enquirer, purchased the story of Dino Sajudin, a doorman at Trump Tower.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The doorman accepts the nasty comment, undoubtedly adding Arwen to his inner list of everybody who is like that now, y’know?
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
This time, people form a line to a door guarded by a young doorman holding a stack of stickers.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
Cohen describes purchase of Trump Tower doorman's story Cohen just testified about the process under which American Media Inc., the parent company of the National Enquirer, purchased the story of Dino Sajudin, a doorman at Trump Tower.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
The doorman accepts the nasty comment, undoubtedly adding Arwen to his inner list of everybody who is like that now, y’know?
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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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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