porter

1 :  a person who carries burdens; especially :  one employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or transportation terminal

2 :  a parlor-car or sleeping-car attendant who waits on passengers and makes up berths

3 [short for porter's beer] :  a heavy dark brown beer brewed from browned or charred malt

4 :  a person who does routine cleaning (as in a hospital or office)

:  to transport or carry as or as if by a porter

:  to act as a porter

Cole Albert 1891–1964 American songwriter

David 1780–1843 and his son David Dixon 1813–1891 American naval officers

Gene 1868–1924 née Stratton American novelist

Katherine Anne 1890–1980 American writer

Noah 1811–1892 American philosopher and lexicographer

William Sydney 1862–1910 pseudonym O. Hen*ryplay \(ˈ)ō-ˈhen-rē\ American short-story writer

1 :  a person whose job is to carry baggage (as at a hotel)

2 :  a person whose job is helping passengers on a train