: 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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And also the likes of Jermaine Fowler, who is so incredible in this season, who plays Randall the doorman and Beanie Feldstein.
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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
The car door closed, and the doorman was suddenly standing directly in our path.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The monthlies are $1,937, which can be explained by your getting a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, and porter, plus private storage in the basement, bike and laundry rooms, and a Lincoln Square address.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
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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
The car door closed, and the doorman was suddenly standing directly in our path.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The monthlies are $1,937, which can be explained by your getting a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, and porter, plus private storage in the basement, bike and laundry rooms, and a Lincoln Square address.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Doorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorman. Accessed 19 Oct. 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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